Actaeus_(mythology)

Actaeus (mythology)

Actaeus (mythology)

Set of mythological Greek characters

For the fossil arthropod, see Actaeus armatus.

Actaeus (/ækˈtiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκταῖος Ἀktaῖos means "coast-man"[1]) was the name of three individuals appearing in Greek mythology:

A relief on the interior Telephus frieze of the Pergamon Altar depicting Ajax killing Actaeus and Heloros.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hard, p. 365.
  2. [2]
    Pausanias, 1.2.5.
  3. [3]
    Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
  4. [4]
    Tzetzes' commentary on Theogony 80

References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, ISBN 9780415186360. Google Books.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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