In Greek mythology, Anius was the son of Apollo and Rhoeo. When her father discovered her pregnancy, he placed her in a chest and cast her out to sea (parallel to Perseus). She landed on the island of Delos, which was sacred to Apollo. She gave birth to Anius on the island and he became a priest of Apollo. Anius had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo, and Elais, known as the Oenotropae. Bacchus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and oil. When Agamemnon went to the Trojan War, he wanted to take the Oenotropae with him, to provide his army with food and wine. They complained to Bacchus, and he changed them into doves. Later, Anius gave aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were travelling from Troy to the future site of Rome.
