Rhoecus

A centaur who, conjointly with Hylaeus, pursued Atalanta in Arcadia, but was killed by her with an arrow. This centaur is perhaps the same as the one who is called Rhoetus by Latin poets.

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References

Sources

  • Aelian. Varia Historia xiii, 1.
  • Callimachus. Hymn to Artemis, 221.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 9.2.
  • 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.