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👤 Arcas

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8254025" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8254025">🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="9364225" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_9364225">🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) </span>
  • Information
    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, LibraryPausaniasEumelosHesiod, EhoiaiOvid, 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)
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