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According to [[scholia]] on the ''[[Odyssey]]'', Arcesius' parents were Zeus and [[Euryodeia]];<ref>[[Scholia]] & [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]</ref> [[Ovid]] also writes of Arcesius as a son of Zeus.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.144&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028 13.144]</ref> Other sources make him a son of Cephalus. [[Aristotle]] in his lost work ''The State of the Ithacians'' cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius.<ref>[[Aristotle]] in ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' 130.21 under ''Arkeisios''.</ref> Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and [[Procris]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#189 189]</ref> while Eustathius and the exegetical scholia to the ''[[Iliad]]'' report a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through [[Cillus]] or [[Celeus (mythology)|Celeus]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain00homegoog/page/71/mode/1up?view=theater 2.173b]; Eustathius ad ''Iliad'' 2.631</ref> | According to [[scholia]] on the ''[[Odyssey]]'', Arcesius' parents were Zeus and [[Euryodeia]];<ref>[[Scholia]] & [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]</ref> [[Ovid]] also writes of Arcesius as a son of Zeus.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.144&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028 13.144]</ref> Other sources make him a son of Cephalus. [[Aristotle]] in his lost work ''The State of the Ithacians'' cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius.<ref>[[Aristotle]] in ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' 130.21 under ''Arkeisios''.</ref> Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and [[Procris]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#189 189]</ref> while Eustathius and the exegetical scholia to the ''[[Iliad]]'' report a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through [[Cillus]] or [[Celeus (mythology)|Celeus]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain00homegoog/page/71/mode/1up?view=theater 2.173b]; Eustathius ad ''Iliad'' 2.631</ref> | ||
[[Zeus]] made Arcesius' line one of "[[only child|only sons]]": his only son was [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]], whose only son was [[Odysseus]], whose only son was [[Telemachus]].<ref>{{Cite Odyssey|en|4|182|ref}}, {{Cite Odyssey|en|16|118}}; cf. [[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Arcisius 1.9.16]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#173 173].</ref> Arcesius's wife (and thus mother of Laertes) was [[Chalcomedusa (mythology)|Chalcomedusa]].<ref>Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]], on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', p. 1796, 35.</ref> | [[Zeus]] made Arcesius' line one of "[[only child|only sons]]": his only son was [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]], whose only son was [[Odysseus]] (albeit siring a daughter named [[Ctimene]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 15.363–364</ref>), whose only son was [[Telemachus]].<ref>{{Cite Odyssey|en|4|182|ref}}, {{Cite Odyssey|en|16|118}}; cf. [[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Arcisius 1.9.16]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#173 173].</ref> Arcesius's wife (and thus mother of Laertes) was [[Chalcomedusa (mythology)|Chalcomedusa]].<ref>Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]], on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', p. 1796, 35.</ref> | ||
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Template:Short description In Greek mythology, Arcesius, Arceisius, Arkeisios or Arcisius (Template:Langx) was the son of either Zeus or Cephalus, and king in Ithaca.
Mythology
According to scholia on the Odyssey, Arcesius' parents were Zeus and Euryodeia;[1] Ovid also writes of Arcesius as a son of Zeus.[2] Other sources make him a son of Cephalus. Aristotle in his lost work The State of the Ithacians cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius.[3] Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and Procris,[4] while Eustathius and the exegetical scholia to the Iliad report a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through Cillus or Celeus.[5]
Zeus made Arcesius' line one of "only sons": his only son was Laertes, whose only son was Odysseus (albeit siring a daughter named Ctimene[6]), whose only son was Telemachus.[7] Arcesius's wife (and thus mother of Laertes) was Chalcomedusa.[8]
Arcesius line
Arceisiades (Template:Langx) was a patronymic from Arcesius, which Laertes as well as his son, Odysseus, is designated by.[9]
Namesakes
Of another Arcesius, an architect, Vitruvius (vii, introduction) notes: "Arcesius, on the Corinthian order proportions, and on the Ionic order temple of Aesculapius at Tralles, which it is said that he built with his own hands."
Notes
References
- Homer. The Odyssey, Book XVI, in The Iliad & The Odyssey. Trans. Samuel Butler. p. 625. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Scholia & Eustathius ad Homer, Odyssey 16.118
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.144
- ↑ Aristotle in Etymologicum Magnum 130.21 under Arkeisios.
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 189
- ↑ Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 2.173b; Eustathius ad Iliad 2.631
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 15.363–364
- ↑ Template:Cite Odyssey, Template:Cite Odyssey; cf. Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Hyginus, Fabulae 173.
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 16.118; Eustathius, on Homer's Odyssey, p. 1796, 35.
- ↑ Template:Cite Odyssey, Template:Cite Odyssey.