Ceteus

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 many sons of the impious King Lycaon.[1] He was said to be the father of Callisto[2] or Megisto,[1] both were called the mother of Arcas. In one account, Callisto's mother was called Stilbe.[3] Ceteus was called the Kneeler among the stars. These events have taken place on the Arcadian mountain of Nonacris.[1]
  • Ceteus, one of the commanders of the Lamian Centaurs who joined Dionysus in his campaign against India.[4]

Notes
  1. Hyginus, Astronomica 2.1.6 with Araethus of Tegea as authority
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.8.2 with Pherecydes as the authority
  3. Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1646
  4. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186 ff

References
  • 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.
  • Pseudo-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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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