For the trilobitoid, see Actaeus (Trilobitoid)
Actaeus (Greek: Ἀκταῖος) was the first king of Athens, according to Pausanias.[1] He was the son of Erysichthon, father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops, the second king of Athens. The tradition also states that he gave Attica its name before it was changed to Cecropia by Cecrops. Actaeus had three daughters - Agraulos, Herse, and Pandrosus - but no sons and was therefore succeeded by Cecrops, the husband of Agraulos.[2]
According to Apollodorus, on the other hand, Cecrops was the first king of Attica, and the three daughters were his own.[3]
References
- ^ Pausanias, i. 2. § 5
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Actaeus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 16, http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0025.html
- ^ Apollodorus, iii. 14. 1
Sources
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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King of Athens | Succeeded by Cecrops I |
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