Acaste

Acaste (/əˈkæstiː/; Ancient Greek: Ακαστη Akastê means "unstable" or "irregular" from akastatos) 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]

For the prehistoric genus of Trilobite, see Acaste (genus).

Notes

1. Statius, Thebaid 1.529
2. Hesiod, Theogony 346
3. The Homeric Hymns To Demeter, 405

References

• Hesiod, Theogony from 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. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2) from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.