Petraeus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Petraeus or Petraios (grc|Πετραίῳ||of a rock) may refer to two separate characters:

• Petraeus, the "laughing tippling" leader of the satyrs^[1] who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.^{[2] [3]}
• Petraeus, son of Carystus (son of Chiron) and father of Zarex,^[4] adopted father of Anius.^[5]

Notes

1. [Nonnus]
2. [Nonnus]
3. RE, Petraios (2).
4. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
5. [Tzetzes]

References

• 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.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.