Actis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Actis (Ancient Greek: Ἀκτίς) was one of the Heliadae, a son of Rhodos and Helios. Actis, along with his brothers, Triopas, Macar and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science. They killed him and Actis escaped to Egypt.[1] According to Diodorus Siculus, Actis built the city of Heliopolis in Egypt to honour his father Helios. It was from him that the Egyptians learned astrology.[2]
Notes
- "Heliadae". Zeno.org (in German). Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.57
gollark: This is how I made squid hate me *and* why Plethora stuff doesn't use the power system anymore!
gollark: Okay, `os.queueEvent ""` then.
gollark: <@286555027949092864> ```luaos.queueEvent()coroutine.yield()```WARNING: may annoy admins.
gollark: It's probably better to use the magic of ASCII!
gollark: It mucks with palettes too, and installs potatOS.
References
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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