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 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon^[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,^[2] Nonacris^[3] or by unknown woman. In one version of the myth, he was called the son of Parthaon (son of Dorieus) and brother of Paros.^[4]^[5] Ceteus was said to be the father of Callisto^[6] or Megisto,^[1] both were called the mother of Arcas. In one account, Callisto's mother was called Stilbe.^[4] 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.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c Hyginus, De astronomia 2.1.6, and 2.6.2, with Araethus of Tegea as authority
^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.13.1
^ Pausanias, 8.17.6
^ ^a ^b Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1646
^ Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
^ Apollodorus, 3.8.2 with Pherecydes as the authority
^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186 ff.