Ancaeus of Arcadia
In Greek mythology, Ancaeus (/ænˈsiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγκαῖος Ankaîos) was both an Argonaut and a participant in the Calydonian Boar hunt, in which he met his end.
Family
Ancaeus was the son of King Lycurgus[1] of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or Eurynome[2] or Antinoe[3]. Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor who led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War.[4]
Mythology
Ancaeus' arms were ominously hidden at home, but he set forth, dressed in a bearskin and armed only with a labrys (λάβρυς "doubled-bladed axe").[5]
Notes
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- Hyginus, Fabulae 248
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.10, 8.5.2
- Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.164: Lycurgus' wife is otherwise known as Cleophyle or Eurynome.
- Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.8.2, 1.9.16, 3.9.2 & 3.10.7-8
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References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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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