) In this account Acerbas
nected with the worship of the Lares, from which is the same person as Sichaeus, and Elissa the same
her name Larentia itself seems to be derived.
nected with the worship of the Lares, from which is the same person as Sichaeus, and Elissa the same
her name Larentia itself seems to be derived.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
& 27, &c.
; Paus.
ii.
18.
& 9, vi.
20.
$ 9, v.
17.
nscribes to Menelaus and Odysseus, Il. xi. 139, 84; Ov. Met. xi. 409, &c. ) During these games it
&c. ), but during his stay at Troy he won the happened that Astydamia, the wife of Acastus,
affection of Laodice, daughter of Priam (Parthen. who is also called Hippolyte, fell in love with
Nic. Erot. 16), and begot by her a son, Munitus, Peleus, whom Acastus had purified from the mur-
yril
,
Losi
,
shop
129,
yupii
bius
His.
sons.
ster,
and
ucia
40;
abse
IC's),
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· the
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ipha
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Geir
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mean
## p. 6 (#26) ###############################################
6
ACCA LAURENTIA.
ACERBAS.
:
der of Eurytion. When Pelens refused to listen her was followed by one sacred to the Lares.
to her addresses, she accused him to her husband (Macrob. Sut. I. c. ; compare Müller, Etrusker, ii.
of having attempted to dishonour her. (Apollod. p. 103, &c. ; llartung, Du Religion der Römer, ii.
ii. 13. & 2, &c. ; Pind. Nem. iv. 90, &c. ) Acastus, p. 144, &c. )
(L. S. )
however, did not take immediate revenge for the L. A'CCIUS or A'TTIUS, an early Row
alleged crime, but after he and Peleus had been man tragic poet and the son of a freedman, was
chasing on mount Pelion, and the latter had fallen born according to Jerome B. c. 170, and was fifty
asleep, Acastus took his sword from him, and left years younger than Pacuvius. He lived to a great
him alone and exposed, so that Peleus was nearly age; Cicero, when a young man, frequently con-
destroyed by the Centaurs. But he was saved by versed with him. (Brul. 28. ) His tragedies were
Cheiron or Hermes, returned to Acistus, and killed chiefly imitated from the Greeks, especially from
him together with his wife. (Apollod. 1. c. ; Schol. Aeschylus, but he also wrote some on Roman sub-
ud Apollon. Rhod. i. 224. ) The death of Acastus jects (Practexlata); one of which, entitled Brutus,
is not mentioned by Apollodorus, but according to was probably in honour of his patron D. Brutus.
him Peleus in conjunction with lason and the (Cic. de Leg. ii. 21, pro Arch. 11. ) We possess only
Dioscuri merely conquer and destroy Jolcus. fragments of his tragedies, of which the most im-
(Apollod. iii. 13. $ 7. )
(L. S. ) portant have been preserved by Cicero, but suff-
ACBARUS. [ABGARUS. )
cient remains to justify the terms of admiration in
ACCA LAURE'NTIA or LARE'NTIA, a which he is spoken of by the ancient writers.
mythical woman who occurs in the stories in early He is particulnrly praised for the strength and
Roman history. Macrobius (Sat. i. 10), with vigour of his language and the sublimity of his
whom Plutarch (Quaest. Rom. 35; Romul. 5) thoughts. (Cic. pro Planc. 24, pro Sest. 56, &c. ;
agrees in the main points, relates the following Hor. Ep. ii. 1. 56 ; Quintil. x. l. $ 97; Gell. xiii.
tradition about her. In the reign of Ancus Martius 2. ) Besides these tragedies, he also wrote An-
a servant (aedituus) of the temple of Hercules in- nales in versc, containing the history of Rome, like
vited during the holidays the god to a game of those of Ennius; and three prose works,“ Libri
dice, promising that if he should lose the game, be Didascalion," which seems to have been a history
would treat the god with a repast and a beautiful of poetry, “ Libri Pragmaticon” and “ Parerga":
woman. When the god had conquered the servann of the two latter no fragments are preserved. The
the latter shut up Acca Laurentia, then the most fragments of his tragedies have been collected by
beautiful and most notorious woman, together with Stephanus in “ Frag. vet. Poet. Lat. ” Paris,
a well stored table in the temple of Hercules, who, 1564; Maittaire, “ Opera et Frag. veb Poet.
when she left the sanctuary, advised her to try to Lat. " Lond. 1713; and Bothe, “ Poet. Scenici
gain the affection of the first wealthy man sbe Latin. ," vol. v. Lips. 1834: and the fragments of
should meet. She succeeded in making Carutius, the Didascalia by Madvig, De L. Arui Didas-
an Etruscan, or as Plutarch calls him, Tarrutius, caliis Comment. " Hafniae, 1831.
love and marry her. After his death she inherited T. A'CCIUS, a native of Pisaurum in Umbria
his large property, which, when she herself died, and a Roman knight, was the accuser of A. Cluen-
she left to the Roman people. Ancus, in gratitude tius, whom Cicero defended B. C. 66. He was a
for this, allowed her to be buried in the Velabrum, pupil of Hermagoras, and is praised by Cicero for
and institu:ed an annual festival, the Larentalia, accuracy and fluency. (Brut. 23, pro Cluent. 23,
at which sacrifices were offered to the Lares. 31, 57. )
(Comp. Varr. Ling. Lat. v. p. 85, ed. Bip. ) AC- ACCO, a chief of the Senones in Gaul, who in-
cording to others (Macer, apud Macrob. 1. c. ; Ov. duced his countrymen to revolt against Caesar, B. C
Fest. iii. 55, &c. ; Plin. H. N. xvii. 2), Acca 53. On the conclusion of the war Acco was put to
Laurentia was the wife of the shepherd Faustulus death by Caesar. (Bell. Gall. vi. 4, 44. )
and the nurse of Romulus and Remus after they ACCOLEIA GENS is known to us only by
had been taken from the she-wolf. Plutarch in- coins and inscriptions. On a denarius we have the
deed states, that this Laurentia was altogether a name P. Accoleius Lariscolus, and in two inscrip
different being from the one occurring in the reign tions a P. Accoleius Euhemerus, and a L. Accoleius
of Ancus ; but other writers, such as Macer, relate Abascantus.
their stories as belonging to the same being. ACE’RATUS("Arhpatos gpaunatinós), a Greek
(Comp. Gell. vi. 7. ) According to Massurius Sabinus grammarian, and the author of an epigram on
in Gellius (L. c. ) she was the mother of twelve Hector in the Greek Anthology. (vii. 138. ) No
sons, and when one of thein died, Romulus stept thing is known of his life.
(P. S. )
into bis place, and adopted in conjunction with ACERBAS, a Tyrian priest of Hercules, who
the remaining eleven the name of fratres arvales. married Elissa, the daughter of king Mutgo, and
(Comp. Plin. l. c. ) According to other accounts sister of Pygmalion. He was possessed of consi-
again she was not the wife of Faustulus, but a demble wealth, which, knowing the avarice of
prostitute who from her mode of life was called Pygmalion, who had succeeded his father, he con-
lupa by the shepherds, and who left the property cealed in the earth. But Pygmalion, who heard
she gained in that way to the Roman people. of these hidden treasures, had Acerbas murdered,
(Valer. Ant. ap. Gell. I. c. ; Livy, i. 4. ) What- in hopes that through his sister he might obtain
erer may be thought of the contradictory state- possession of them. But the prudence of Elissa
ments respecting Acca Laurentia, thus much seeins sared the treasures, and she emigrated from Phoe-
clear, that she was of Etruscan origin, and con- nicia. (Justin. xvii. 4.
) In this account Acerbas
nected with the worship of the Lares, from which is the same person as Sichaeus, and Elissa the same
her name Larentia itself seems to be derived. as Dido in Virgil
. (Aen. i. 343, 348, &c. ) The
This appears further from the number of her sons, names in Justin are undoubtedly more correct than
which answers to that of the twelve country Lares, in Virgil; for Servius (ad Aen. i. 343) remarks,
and from the circumstance that the day sacred to that Virgil here, as in other cases, changed a fo
a
.
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ACESTES.
7
ACESTORIDES.
reign name into one more convenient to him, and river-god Crimisus and of a Trojan woman of the
that the real name of Sichaeus was Sicharbas, name of Egesta or Segesta (Virg. Aen. i. 195, 550,
which seems to be identical with Acerbas. [DIDO; v. 36, 711, &c. ), who according to Servius was
PYGMALION. ]
(L. S. )
sent by her father Hippotes or Ipsostratus to Sicily,
ACERROʻNIA, a friend of Agrippina, the that she might not be devoured by the monsters,
mother of Nero, was drowned in B. c. 59, when an which infested the territory of Troy, and which
unsuccessful attempt was made at the same time to had been sent into the land, because the Trojans
drown Agrippina. (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Dion Cass. had refused to reward Poseidon and A pollo for
lxi. 13. )
having built the walls of their city. When Egesta
CN. ACERROʻNIUS PROCULUS, consul arrived in Sicily, the river-god Crimisus in the
A. D. 37, the year in which Tiberius died (Tac. form of a bear or a dog begot by her a son Acestes,
Ann. vi. 45; Suet. Til. 73), was perhaps a de- who was afterwards regarded as the hero who bnd
scendant of the Cn. Acerronius, whom Cicero founded the town of Segesta. (Comp. Schol. ad
mentions in his oration for Tullius, B. c. 71, as a Lycophr. 951, 963. ). The tradition of Acestes in
vir optimus. (16, &c. )
Dionysius (i. 52), who calls him A egestus (Axgyes-
ACERSE'COMES ('Akeppendums), a surname Tos), is different, for according to him the grand-
of Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which father of Aegestus quarrelled with Laomedon, who
was never cut or shorn. (Hom. Il. xx. 39; Pind. slew him and gave his daughters to some mer-
Pyth. iii. 26. )
(L. S. ] chants to convey them to a distant land. A noble
ACESANDER (Axécavopos) wrote a history Trojan however embarked with them, and married
of Cyrene. (Schol. ad Apoll. iv. 1561, 1750; ad one of them in Sicily, where she subsequently gave
Pind. Pyth. iv. init. 57. ) Plutarch (Symp. v. 2. birth to a son, Aegestus. During the war against
8 8) speaks of a work of his respecting Libya (Tepl Troy Aegestus obtained permission from Priam to
Albuns), which may probably be the same work as return and take part in the contest, and afterwards
the history of Cyrene. The time at which he lived returned to Sicily, where Aeneas on his arrival
is unknown.
was hospitably received by himn and Elymus, and
A'CESAS Canecas), a native of Salamis in built for them the towns of Aegesta and Elyme.
Cyprus, famed for his skill in weaving cloth with The account of Dionysius seems to be nothing but
variegated patterns (polymitarius). He and his son a rationalistic interpretation of the genuine legend.
Helicon, who distinguished himself in the same as to the inconsistencies in Virgil's account of
art are mentioned by Athenaeus. (ii. p. 48, b. ) Acestes, see Heyne, Excurs. 1, on Aen. v. [L. S. )
Zenobius speaks of both artists, but says that ACESTODOPRUS ('Areotódwpos ), a Greek
Acesas (or, as he calls' bim Aceseus, 'Axeo eus) was historical writer, who is cited by Plutarch (Them.
a native of Patara, and Helicon of Carystus. He 13), and whose work contained, as it appears, an
tells us also that they were the first who made a account of the battle of Salamis among other things.
peplus for Athena Polias. · When they lived, we The time at which he lived is unknown. Sie
are not informed; but it must have been before phanus (s. v. Merean nós) speaks of an Acesto
the time of Euripides and Plato, who mention this dorus of Megalopolis, who wrote a work on cities
peplus. (Eur. Hec. 468; Plat. Euthyphr. $ 6. ) A (Tepl modéwv), but whether this is the same as the
specimen of the workmanship of these two artists above-mentioned writer is not clear.
was preserved in the temple at Delphi, bearing an ACESTOR ('Akéotwp). A surname of Apollo
inscription to the effect, that Pallas had imparted which characterises him as the god of the healing
marvellous skill to their hands. [C. P. M. ) art, or in general as the averter of evil, like daéolos.
ACE'SIAS ('Axeolas), an ancient Greek physi- (Eurip. Androm. 901. )
(LS. )
cian, 'whose age and country are both unknown. ACESTOR ('Aréotwp), surnamed Sacas (Lá
It is ascertained however that he lived at least was), on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic
four hundred years before Christ, as the proverb poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Arista
'Allegias idóato, Acesias 'cured him, is quoted on phanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian
the authority of Aristophanes. ' This saying (by or Mysian origin. (Aristoph. Aves, 31 ; Schol.
which only Acesias is known' to us,) was used ad loc. ; Vespae, 1216 ; Schol. ad loc. ; Phot. and
when any person's disease became worse instead of Suid. s. v. Sáras : Welcker, Die Griech. Trngöd.
better under medical treatment, and is mentioned p. 1032. )
[R. W. )
by, Suidas (s. v. 'Areolas), Zenobius (Proverb. ACESTOR ('Axéotwo), a sculptor mentioned
Cent. i § 52), Diogenianus (Proverb. ii. 3), Mi- by Pausanias (vi. 17. & 2) as having executed a
chael Apostolius (Proverb. ii. 23), and Plutarch statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia
(Proveri. quibus Alerandr. usi sunt, & 98). See who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the
also Proverb. e Cod. Bodl. § 82, in Gaisford's Olympic games. He was born at Cnossve, or at
l'aroemiographi Graeci, 8vo. Oxon. 1836. It is any rate exercised his profession there for some
possible that an author bearing this name, and time. (Paus. x. 15. $ 4. ) He had a son named
mentioned by Athenaeus (xii. p. 516, c. ) as having Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had
written a treatise on the Art of Cooking (ofaptu studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra (Paus. vi. 3.
Tuká), may be one and the same person, but of this $ 2); so that Acestor must have been a contempo
we have no certain information. (J. J. Baier, rary of the latter, who flourished about Ol. 82.
Adag. Medic. Cent. 4to. Lips. 1718. ) (W. A. G. ] (B. C. 452. )
(C. P. M. ]
ACE'SIUS ('Axéoios), a surname of Apollo,
ACEST'O'RIDES ('Akeotoplons), a Corinthian,
under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he was made supreme commander by the Syracusans
had a splendid temple in the agora. This sur- in B. c. 317, and banished Agathocles from the city.
name, which has the same meaning as áréotwp (Diod. xix. 5. ).
and decinaxos, characterised the god as the ACESTO'RIDES wrote four books of mythical
averter of evil. (Pans. vi. 24. & 5. ) (L. S. ) stories relating to every city (των κατά πόλιν
ACESTES ('Axéotns), a son of the Sicilian Mubikw). In these he gave many real historical
a
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8
ACHAEUS.
ACHELOUS.
nscribes to Menelaus and Odysseus, Il. xi. 139, 84; Ov. Met. xi. 409, &c. ) During these games it
&c. ), but during his stay at Troy he won the happened that Astydamia, the wife of Acastus,
affection of Laodice, daughter of Priam (Parthen. who is also called Hippolyte, fell in love with
Nic. Erot. 16), and begot by her a son, Munitus, Peleus, whom Acastus had purified from the mur-
yril
,
Losi
,
shop
129,
yupii
bius
His.
sons.
ster,
and
ucia
40;
abse
IC's),
him
· the
DOT
Tote
uczba
ipha
ar
f his
valu-
2. )
Geir
ed of
uisb-
edon
d the
Zenc,
e, was
mean
## p. 6 (#26) ###############################################
6
ACCA LAURENTIA.
ACERBAS.
:
der of Eurytion. When Pelens refused to listen her was followed by one sacred to the Lares.
to her addresses, she accused him to her husband (Macrob. Sut. I. c. ; compare Müller, Etrusker, ii.
of having attempted to dishonour her. (Apollod. p. 103, &c. ; llartung, Du Religion der Römer, ii.
ii. 13. & 2, &c. ; Pind. Nem. iv. 90, &c. ) Acastus, p. 144, &c. )
(L. S. )
however, did not take immediate revenge for the L. A'CCIUS or A'TTIUS, an early Row
alleged crime, but after he and Peleus had been man tragic poet and the son of a freedman, was
chasing on mount Pelion, and the latter had fallen born according to Jerome B. c. 170, and was fifty
asleep, Acastus took his sword from him, and left years younger than Pacuvius. He lived to a great
him alone and exposed, so that Peleus was nearly age; Cicero, when a young man, frequently con-
destroyed by the Centaurs. But he was saved by versed with him. (Brul. 28. ) His tragedies were
Cheiron or Hermes, returned to Acistus, and killed chiefly imitated from the Greeks, especially from
him together with his wife. (Apollod. 1. c. ; Schol. Aeschylus, but he also wrote some on Roman sub-
ud Apollon. Rhod. i. 224. ) The death of Acastus jects (Practexlata); one of which, entitled Brutus,
is not mentioned by Apollodorus, but according to was probably in honour of his patron D. Brutus.
him Peleus in conjunction with lason and the (Cic. de Leg. ii. 21, pro Arch. 11. ) We possess only
Dioscuri merely conquer and destroy Jolcus. fragments of his tragedies, of which the most im-
(Apollod. iii. 13. $ 7. )
(L. S. ) portant have been preserved by Cicero, but suff-
ACBARUS. [ABGARUS. )
cient remains to justify the terms of admiration in
ACCA LAURE'NTIA or LARE'NTIA, a which he is spoken of by the ancient writers.
mythical woman who occurs in the stories in early He is particulnrly praised for the strength and
Roman history. Macrobius (Sat. i. 10), with vigour of his language and the sublimity of his
whom Plutarch (Quaest. Rom. 35; Romul. 5) thoughts. (Cic. pro Planc. 24, pro Sest. 56, &c. ;
agrees in the main points, relates the following Hor. Ep. ii. 1. 56 ; Quintil. x. l. $ 97; Gell. xiii.
tradition about her. In the reign of Ancus Martius 2. ) Besides these tragedies, he also wrote An-
a servant (aedituus) of the temple of Hercules in- nales in versc, containing the history of Rome, like
vited during the holidays the god to a game of those of Ennius; and three prose works,“ Libri
dice, promising that if he should lose the game, be Didascalion," which seems to have been a history
would treat the god with a repast and a beautiful of poetry, “ Libri Pragmaticon” and “ Parerga":
woman. When the god had conquered the servann of the two latter no fragments are preserved. The
the latter shut up Acca Laurentia, then the most fragments of his tragedies have been collected by
beautiful and most notorious woman, together with Stephanus in “ Frag. vet. Poet. Lat. ” Paris,
a well stored table in the temple of Hercules, who, 1564; Maittaire, “ Opera et Frag. veb Poet.
when she left the sanctuary, advised her to try to Lat. " Lond. 1713; and Bothe, “ Poet. Scenici
gain the affection of the first wealthy man sbe Latin. ," vol. v. Lips. 1834: and the fragments of
should meet. She succeeded in making Carutius, the Didascalia by Madvig, De L. Arui Didas-
an Etruscan, or as Plutarch calls him, Tarrutius, caliis Comment. " Hafniae, 1831.
love and marry her. After his death she inherited T. A'CCIUS, a native of Pisaurum in Umbria
his large property, which, when she herself died, and a Roman knight, was the accuser of A. Cluen-
she left to the Roman people. Ancus, in gratitude tius, whom Cicero defended B. C. 66. He was a
for this, allowed her to be buried in the Velabrum, pupil of Hermagoras, and is praised by Cicero for
and institu:ed an annual festival, the Larentalia, accuracy and fluency. (Brut. 23, pro Cluent. 23,
at which sacrifices were offered to the Lares. 31, 57. )
(Comp. Varr. Ling. Lat. v. p. 85, ed. Bip. ) AC- ACCO, a chief of the Senones in Gaul, who in-
cording to others (Macer, apud Macrob. 1. c. ; Ov. duced his countrymen to revolt against Caesar, B. C
Fest. iii. 55, &c. ; Plin. H. N. xvii. 2), Acca 53. On the conclusion of the war Acco was put to
Laurentia was the wife of the shepherd Faustulus death by Caesar. (Bell. Gall. vi. 4, 44. )
and the nurse of Romulus and Remus after they ACCOLEIA GENS is known to us only by
had been taken from the she-wolf. Plutarch in- coins and inscriptions. On a denarius we have the
deed states, that this Laurentia was altogether a name P. Accoleius Lariscolus, and in two inscrip
different being from the one occurring in the reign tions a P. Accoleius Euhemerus, and a L. Accoleius
of Ancus ; but other writers, such as Macer, relate Abascantus.
their stories as belonging to the same being. ACE’RATUS("Arhpatos gpaunatinós), a Greek
(Comp. Gell. vi. 7. ) According to Massurius Sabinus grammarian, and the author of an epigram on
in Gellius (L. c. ) she was the mother of twelve Hector in the Greek Anthology. (vii. 138. ) No
sons, and when one of thein died, Romulus stept thing is known of his life.
(P. S. )
into bis place, and adopted in conjunction with ACERBAS, a Tyrian priest of Hercules, who
the remaining eleven the name of fratres arvales. married Elissa, the daughter of king Mutgo, and
(Comp. Plin. l. c. ) According to other accounts sister of Pygmalion. He was possessed of consi-
again she was not the wife of Faustulus, but a demble wealth, which, knowing the avarice of
prostitute who from her mode of life was called Pygmalion, who had succeeded his father, he con-
lupa by the shepherds, and who left the property cealed in the earth. But Pygmalion, who heard
she gained in that way to the Roman people. of these hidden treasures, had Acerbas murdered,
(Valer. Ant. ap. Gell. I. c. ; Livy, i. 4. ) What- in hopes that through his sister he might obtain
erer may be thought of the contradictory state- possession of them. But the prudence of Elissa
ments respecting Acca Laurentia, thus much seeins sared the treasures, and she emigrated from Phoe-
clear, that she was of Etruscan origin, and con- nicia. (Justin. xvii. 4.
) In this account Acerbas
nected with the worship of the Lares, from which is the same person as Sichaeus, and Elissa the same
her name Larentia itself seems to be derived. as Dido in Virgil
. (Aen. i. 343, 348, &c. ) The
This appears further from the number of her sons, names in Justin are undoubtedly more correct than
which answers to that of the twelve country Lares, in Virgil; for Servius (ad Aen. i. 343) remarks,
and from the circumstance that the day sacred to that Virgil here, as in other cases, changed a fo
a
.
## p. 7 (#27) ###############################################
ACESTES.
7
ACESTORIDES.
reign name into one more convenient to him, and river-god Crimisus and of a Trojan woman of the
that the real name of Sichaeus was Sicharbas, name of Egesta or Segesta (Virg. Aen. i. 195, 550,
which seems to be identical with Acerbas. [DIDO; v. 36, 711, &c. ), who according to Servius was
PYGMALION. ]
(L. S. )
sent by her father Hippotes or Ipsostratus to Sicily,
ACERROʻNIA, a friend of Agrippina, the that she might not be devoured by the monsters,
mother of Nero, was drowned in B. c. 59, when an which infested the territory of Troy, and which
unsuccessful attempt was made at the same time to had been sent into the land, because the Trojans
drown Agrippina. (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Dion Cass. had refused to reward Poseidon and A pollo for
lxi. 13. )
having built the walls of their city. When Egesta
CN. ACERROʻNIUS PROCULUS, consul arrived in Sicily, the river-god Crimisus in the
A. D. 37, the year in which Tiberius died (Tac. form of a bear or a dog begot by her a son Acestes,
Ann. vi. 45; Suet. Til. 73), was perhaps a de- who was afterwards regarded as the hero who bnd
scendant of the Cn. Acerronius, whom Cicero founded the town of Segesta. (Comp. Schol. ad
mentions in his oration for Tullius, B. c. 71, as a Lycophr. 951, 963. ). The tradition of Acestes in
vir optimus. (16, &c. )
Dionysius (i. 52), who calls him A egestus (Axgyes-
ACERSE'COMES ('Akeppendums), a surname Tos), is different, for according to him the grand-
of Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which father of Aegestus quarrelled with Laomedon, who
was never cut or shorn. (Hom. Il. xx. 39; Pind. slew him and gave his daughters to some mer-
Pyth. iii. 26. )
(L. S. ] chants to convey them to a distant land. A noble
ACESANDER (Axécavopos) wrote a history Trojan however embarked with them, and married
of Cyrene. (Schol. ad Apoll. iv. 1561, 1750; ad one of them in Sicily, where she subsequently gave
Pind. Pyth. iv. init. 57. ) Plutarch (Symp. v. 2. birth to a son, Aegestus. During the war against
8 8) speaks of a work of his respecting Libya (Tepl Troy Aegestus obtained permission from Priam to
Albuns), which may probably be the same work as return and take part in the contest, and afterwards
the history of Cyrene. The time at which he lived returned to Sicily, where Aeneas on his arrival
is unknown.
was hospitably received by himn and Elymus, and
A'CESAS Canecas), a native of Salamis in built for them the towns of Aegesta and Elyme.
Cyprus, famed for his skill in weaving cloth with The account of Dionysius seems to be nothing but
variegated patterns (polymitarius). He and his son a rationalistic interpretation of the genuine legend.
Helicon, who distinguished himself in the same as to the inconsistencies in Virgil's account of
art are mentioned by Athenaeus. (ii. p. 48, b. ) Acestes, see Heyne, Excurs. 1, on Aen. v. [L. S. )
Zenobius speaks of both artists, but says that ACESTODOPRUS ('Areotódwpos ), a Greek
Acesas (or, as he calls' bim Aceseus, 'Axeo eus) was historical writer, who is cited by Plutarch (Them.
a native of Patara, and Helicon of Carystus. He 13), and whose work contained, as it appears, an
tells us also that they were the first who made a account of the battle of Salamis among other things.
peplus for Athena Polias. · When they lived, we The time at which he lived is unknown. Sie
are not informed; but it must have been before phanus (s. v. Merean nós) speaks of an Acesto
the time of Euripides and Plato, who mention this dorus of Megalopolis, who wrote a work on cities
peplus. (Eur. Hec. 468; Plat. Euthyphr. $ 6. ) A (Tepl modéwv), but whether this is the same as the
specimen of the workmanship of these two artists above-mentioned writer is not clear.
was preserved in the temple at Delphi, bearing an ACESTOR ('Akéotwp). A surname of Apollo
inscription to the effect, that Pallas had imparted which characterises him as the god of the healing
marvellous skill to their hands. [C. P. M. ) art, or in general as the averter of evil, like daéolos.
ACE'SIAS ('Axeolas), an ancient Greek physi- (Eurip. Androm. 901. )
(LS. )
cian, 'whose age and country are both unknown. ACESTOR ('Aréotwp), surnamed Sacas (Lá
It is ascertained however that he lived at least was), on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic
four hundred years before Christ, as the proverb poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Arista
'Allegias idóato, Acesias 'cured him, is quoted on phanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian
the authority of Aristophanes. ' This saying (by or Mysian origin. (Aristoph. Aves, 31 ; Schol.
which only Acesias is known' to us,) was used ad loc. ; Vespae, 1216 ; Schol. ad loc. ; Phot. and
when any person's disease became worse instead of Suid. s. v. Sáras : Welcker, Die Griech. Trngöd.
better under medical treatment, and is mentioned p. 1032. )
[R. W. )
by, Suidas (s. v. 'Areolas), Zenobius (Proverb. ACESTOR ('Axéotwo), a sculptor mentioned
Cent. i § 52), Diogenianus (Proverb. ii. 3), Mi- by Pausanias (vi. 17. & 2) as having executed a
chael Apostolius (Proverb. ii. 23), and Plutarch statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia
(Proveri. quibus Alerandr. usi sunt, & 98). See who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the
also Proverb. e Cod. Bodl. § 82, in Gaisford's Olympic games. He was born at Cnossve, or at
l'aroemiographi Graeci, 8vo. Oxon. 1836. It is any rate exercised his profession there for some
possible that an author bearing this name, and time. (Paus. x. 15. $ 4. ) He had a son named
mentioned by Athenaeus (xii. p. 516, c. ) as having Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had
written a treatise on the Art of Cooking (ofaptu studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra (Paus. vi. 3.
Tuká), may be one and the same person, but of this $ 2); so that Acestor must have been a contempo
we have no certain information. (J. J. Baier, rary of the latter, who flourished about Ol. 82.
Adag. Medic. Cent. 4to. Lips. 1718. ) (W. A. G. ] (B. C. 452. )
(C. P. M. ]
ACE'SIUS ('Axéoios), a surname of Apollo,
ACEST'O'RIDES ('Akeotoplons), a Corinthian,
under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he was made supreme commander by the Syracusans
had a splendid temple in the agora. This sur- in B. c. 317, and banished Agathocles from the city.
name, which has the same meaning as áréotwp (Diod. xix. 5. ).
and decinaxos, characterised the god as the ACESTO'RIDES wrote four books of mythical
averter of evil. (Pans. vi. 24. & 5. ) (L. S. ) stories relating to every city (των κατά πόλιν
ACESTES ('Axéotns), a son of the Sicilian Mubikw). In these he gave many real historical
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