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of Mytilene claimed that Actaeus named the Phoenician letters in honor of his daughter Phoenice, who had died a virgin. Actaeus was said to have ruled over...

Actice (from Actaeus). He was the founder and the first king of Athens itself though preceded in the region by the earth-born king Actaeus of Attica. Cecrops...

Actaeus is a genus of leanchoiliid megacheiran arthropod, containing the single species Actaeus armatus. It is known from a single specimen recovered...

Assyria, 1598–1586 BC (traditional date), or ca. 1580–1567 BC (newer dating) Actaeus, King of Athens, first King of Athens according to the Parian Chronicle...

Actaeus (/ækˈtiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκταῖος Ἀktaῖos means "coast-man") was the name of three individuals appearing in Greek mythology: Actaeus, a king...

the daughter of King Cecrops of Athens and Aglaurus, daughter of King Actaeus. Herse was the sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos. Cephalus of Athens is...

sometimes called Actaeus (Ἀκταῖος), as in the poetic fragment quoted at Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.4.4: "then [they] killed Actaeus at Zeus's instigation"...

daughters of Kekrops, the first king of Athens, and Aglaurus, daughter of King Actaeus. Pandrosus' two sisters were Aglauros and Herse, and the three of them...

into an eagle by Zeus Ogyges King of the Ectenes who were the earliest inhabitants of Boeotia Actaeus Father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops...

attested in various sources: Damon (Demonax); Mylas; Atabyrius; Antaeus (Actaeus), Megalesius, Ormenos (Hormenus), Lycus, Nicon and Mimon; Chryson, Argyron...

brothers, but friends. According to this account, Telamon was the son of Actaeus and Glauce, with the latter being the daughter of Cychreus, king of Salamis;...

Leanchoiliida Enaliktidae? Enalikter? Bundenbachiellus? Leanchoiliidae Actaeus Alalcomenaeus Leanchoilia Oestokerkus Yawunik Kanoshoia Megacheirans are...

land Attica which was formerly called Actaea (Acte or Actica) after King Actaeus, its former ruler. The two birds into which Philomele and her sister Procne...

as the son of King Cecrops I of Athens and Agraulus, daughter of King Actaeus. His possible sibling were Aglaurus, Herse and Pandorus. Erysicthon died...

them when they turned to evil magic; They built the Trident of Poseidon. Actaeus (Ακταίος) Argyron (Αργυρών) Atabyrius (Αταβύριος) Chalcon (Χαλκών) Chryson...

Greek mythology. Aglaurus, an Athenian princess as the daughter of King Actaeus. She married Cecrops and became the mother of Erysichthon, Aglaurus (see...

father The Curetes The Elder Muses: Mneme, Melete, and Aoide The Telchines: Actaeus, Megalesius, Ormenus, and Lycus Aetna Aristaeus Uranus Echidna Giants:...

"discoveries" or "inventions"). According to the Suda, Scamon claimed that Actaeus named the Phoenician letters in honor of his daughter Phoenice after she...

Cychreus, son of Poseidon and Salamis. Some sources say that Glauce married Actaeus and bore him a son Telamon. Others say that Telamon was her husband and...

Actica, was the ancient name for Attica derived from its first ruler, Actaeus. Hyginus, Fabulae 183 Nonnus, 41.287 Quintus Smyrnaeus, 2.502 Nonnus, 12...