Ancaeus of Arcadia explained

In Greek mythology, Ancaeus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγκαῖος Ankaîos) was both an Argonaut^[1] and a participant in the Calydonian Boar hunt, in which he met his end.

Family

Ancaeus was the son of King Lycurgus^[2] of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or Eurynome^[3] or Antinoe.^[4] Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor who led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War.^[5]

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").^[6]

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. . 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Hyginus, Fabulae 248
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. [Scholia]
5. Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Pausanias, 8.5.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
6. Apollodorus, 1.8.2, 1.9.16, 3.9.2 & 3.10.7–8