Acestor Explained

Acestor (Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀκέστωρ), meaning "healer" or "saviour", was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:

Mythological

• Apollo Acestor, an epithet of the god Apollo in his role as healer or averter of evil.^[1]
• Acestor, son of Ephippus, son of Poemander from Tanagra in Boeotia. He was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.^[2]

Historical

• Acestor, Cretan sculptor.
• Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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]}
• Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius,^[7] a native of Heraea in Arcadia, who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born at Knossos, or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time.^[8] He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra;^[9] so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82 (452 BC).

Notes and References

1. [Euripides]
2. [Plutarch]
3. [Aristophanes]
4. Schol. ad loc.
5. Vespae. 1216
6. Phot. and Suda s.v. Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Σάκας
7. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
8. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
9. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]