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 of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or Eurynome or Antinoe. Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor who led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War.
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").
Notes
- Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Hyginus, Fabulae 248
- Pausanias, 8.4.10 & 8.5.2
- Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.164: Lycurgus' wife is otherwise known as Cleophyle or Eurynome.
- Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Pausanias, 8.5.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- Apollodorus, 1.8.2, 1.9.16, 3.9.2 & 3.10.7–8
References
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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