- Astrabacus
In
Greek mythology Astrabacus is a Spartan, the son ofIrbus (son ofAmphisthenes , son ofAmphicles , son ofAgis I ). He and his brotherAlopecus found a wooden image of the goddessArtemis Orthia under a bush of willows; it was surrounded in such a way that it stood upright. Astrabacus had a hero-shrine inSparta [Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.16.6, 3.16.9 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias3B.html] ]References
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