Ceteus Explained

In Greek mythology, Ceteus (Ancient Greek: Κητεύς Kêteus means "of the ravines" from kêtôeis) may refer to the following two characters:

• Ceteus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon^[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,^[2] Nonacris^[3] or by unknown woman. In one version of the myth, he was called the son of Parthaon (son of Dorieus) and brother of Paros.^[4] Ceteus was said to be the father of Callisto^[5] or Megisto, both were called the mother of Arcas. In one account, Callisto's mother was called Stilbe.^[6] Ceteus was called the Kneeler among the stars. These events have taken place on the Arcadian mountain of Nonacris.
• Ceteus, one of the commanders of the Lamian Centaurs who joined Dionysus in his campaign against India.^[7]

Notes

1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
2. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Book: [[Robert Fowler (academic)|Fowler, Robert L.]]. Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Oxford University Press. 2013. 978-0-19-814741-1. Oxford, United Kingdom. 107.
5. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
6. [Scholia]
7. [Nonnus]

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.
• Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library