Actorides

Actorides, or Actorion (Ἀκτορίων), are patronymic forms of Actor, and are consequently given to descendants of an Actor, such as Patroclus,1 Erithus,2 Eurytus, and Cteatus.3

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References

Notes

  1. Ovid. Metamorphoses xiii, 373; Tristia i, 9.29.
  2. Ovid. Metamorphoses v, 79; compare viii, 308, 371.
  3. Homer. Iliad ii, 621; xiii, 185; xi, 750; xxiii, 638.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.