Actaeus (mythology)

For the fossil arthropod, see Actaeus armatus.
A relief on the interior Telephus frieze of the Pergamon Altar depicting Ajax killing Actaeus and Heloros.

Actaeus (/ækˈtiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκταῖος Ἀktaῖos means "coast-man"[1]) was the name of three individuals appearing in Greek mythology:

  1. ^ Hard, p. 365.
  2. ^ Pausanias, 1.2.5.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
  4. ^ Tzetzes' commentary on Theogony 80