In Greek mythology , Celtus (; Ancient Greek : Κέλτος Keltos ) may refer to three various figures:
Celtus, the eponymous progenitor of the Celts .[ 1] Appian 's Illyrian Wars ,[ 2] Polyphemos and Galatea and the brother of Illyrius and Galas .[ 3] Erotica Pathemata ("Sorrows of Love") by the 1st-century grammarian Parthenius of Nicaea ,[ 4] Etymologicum Magnum [ 5] Heracles and Celtine .[ 6]
Celtus, son of Periboea and Meges , a rich man son of Dymas . He was killed by Neoptolemus .[ 7]
Celtus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[ 8] Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus , Philoetius , and Telemachus .[ 9]
^ Irad Malkin The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity 1998 0520920260 p. 248 "Braccesi suggests that Diomedes was therefore the 'archegetes [founding leader] of the Gauls' ... It has also been suggested that the aitiological-eponymic tale of the Cyclops Polyphemos and Galatea, parents of Keltos (Celts, ...)"
^ Appian , Illyrian Wars 1.2^ The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle 1832^ Parthenius , 30^ Etymologicum Magnum ^ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , p. 230
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus , 7.610^ Apollodorus , Epitome 7.29^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33