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- son of Zeus and Callisto
- LIMC headword
- Arkas
- Son of
- 👤 Callisto 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Apheidas (Arcadian) 👤 Elatos (Arcadian) 👤 Autolaos 👤 Azan (Arcadian) 👤 Diomeneia 👤 Triphylos 👤 Hyperippe (Arcadian & Elian) 👤 Erymanthos (s. of Arcas)
- Husband of
- 👤 Erato (Arcadian)
- Has children with
- 👤 Chrysopeleia 👤 Leaneira 👤 Meganeira (m. of Elatos) 👤 Erato (Arcadian) 👤 Laodameia (d. of Amyclas)
- Conceived at
- 🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia)
- Born at
- 🌍 Arcadia
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Arcadia
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) 🌍 Azania (Arcadia)
- Transformed into
- ⭐ Ursa Minor
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Arcas (Mantineia)
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Bones of Arcas
- Related Entities
- 👤 Amythaon 👤 Apheidas (Arcadian) 👤 Artemis 👤 Callisto 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Chrysopeleia 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Elatos (Arcadian) 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus 👤 Hermes 👤 Leaneira 👤 Maia 👤 Meganeira (m. of Elatos) 👤 Melampous 👤 Nyctimos 👤 Triptolemos 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Mount Erymanthos (Arcadia) 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) 👤 Alpheios (river god) 👤 Autolaos 👤 Azan (Arcadian) 👤 Diomeneia 👤 Adristas 👤 Erasos 👤 Erato (Arcadian) 👤 Cillas (eponym) 👤 Clytios (s. of Alcmaion) 👤 Laodameia (d. of Amyclas) 👤 Triphylos 👤 Hyperippe (Arcadian & Elian) 🌍 Pelasgia (alt. Arcadia) 👤 Iamos 🌍 Azania (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Arcas (Mantineia) 🏺 the Bones of Arcas 🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia) 👤 Erymanthos (s. of Arcas) 👤 Cladeos (river god) 👤 Sosipolis ⭐ Ursa Minor
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.8.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.9.1 📖 Pausanias 8.4.1 📖 Pausanias 8.4.2 📖 Pausanias 8.9.9 📖 Pausanias 8.22.1 📖 Pausanias 8.37.11 📖 Pausanias 8.48.8 📖 Pausanias 5.1.4 📖 Pausanias 10.9.5 📖 Pausanias 10.34.2 📖 Pausanias 8.53.6 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 77 Most 📖 Pausanias 8.3.6-8.3.7 📖 Pausanias 8.4.2-8.4.4 📖 Pausanias 8.24.1-8.24.2 📖 Pausanias 8.25.11-8.25.13 📖 Eumelos fr. 32 West = fr. 8a Fowler 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.401-2.465 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.466-2.507 ⚒️ Stoichedon Inscription on Statue Group of Arcadian Heroes at Delphi (F.Delphes III, 1.3; PHI 238579)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Pausanias Eumelos Hesiod, Ehoiai Ovid, Metamorphoses
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Eumelos fr. 32 West = fr. 8a Fowler
- Depictions
- 🎨 East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia by Paionios (LIMC Alpheios 8)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Statue Group of Arcadian Heroes at Delphi (LIMC Apollon 619d)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) 🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia)