Acaste
- For the prehistoric genus of Trilobite, see Acaste (genus).
Acaste /əˈkæstiː/ was a name attributed to two characters in Greek mythology.
- Acaste, the nurse of the children of king Adrastus of Argos.[1]
- Acaste, one of the Oceanids.[2] She was one among the companions of Persephone when she was abducted by Hades.[3]
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References
- Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2), in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Statius, Statius with an English Translation by J. H. Mozley, Volume I, Silvae, Thebaid, Books I–IV, Loeb Classical Library No. 206, London: William Heinemann, Ltd., New York: G. P. Putnamm's Sons, 1928. ISBN 978-0674992269. Internet Archive
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