Actaeus (mythology)

Set of mythological Greek characters

For the fossil arthropod, see Actaeus armatus.

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

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

* Actaeus, a king of Attica.[2]
* Actaeus, father of Telamon by Glauce, daughter of Cychreus. He was the grandfather of Ajax of Salamis.[3]
* Actaeus, one of the Telchines.[4]

## Notes[edit]

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

## References[edit]

* 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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