Acestor
Acestor (Greek: Ἀκέστωρ) was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:
- Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" (Σάκας) on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Aristophanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian or Mysian origin.[3][4][5][6][7]
- Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius,[8] a native of Heraea in Arcadia, who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born at Cnossus, or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time.[9] He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra;[10] so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82 (452 BC).[11]
References
- ↑ Euripides, Andromache 901
- ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acestor (1)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 7
- ↑ Aristophanes Aves, 31
- ↑ Schol. ad loc.
- ↑ Vespae. 1216
- ↑ Phot. and Suda s.v. Σάκας
- ↑ Whiston, Robert (1867), "Acestor (2)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 7
- ↑ Pausanias, vi. 17. § 2
- ↑ Pausanias, x. 15. § 4
- ↑ Pausanias, vi. 3. § 2
- ↑ Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Acestor (3)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 7
Sources
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