Actaeus (mythology)

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

^ Robin Hard. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004)
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.2.5
^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.6
^ Tzetzes' commentary on Theogony 80

References

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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

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[1] Robin Hard. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004)

[2] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.2.5

[3] Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.6

[4] Tzetzes' commentary on Theogony 80

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