- Acestor
Acestor (Greek: polytonic|Ἀκέστωρ) was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:
*Apollo Acestor, an epithet of the god
Apollo in his role as healer or averter of evil. [Euripides , "Andromache" 901] [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Acestor (1)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 7
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0016.html ]*Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" (polytonic|Σάκας) on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic poet at
Athens , and a contemporary ofAristophanes . He seems to have been either ofThracia n orMysia n origin. [Aristophanes "Aves," 31] [Schol. "ad loc."] ["Vespae." 1216] [Phot. andSuda "s.v." polytonic|Σάκας] [Citation
last = Whiston
first = Robert
author-link =
contribution = Acestor (2)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 7
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0016.html ]*Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by
Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius, [Pausanias , vi. 17. § 2] a native ofHeraea inArcadia , who had gained a victory in thepentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born atCnossus , or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time. [Pausanias , x. 15. § 4] He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied underPtolichus ofCorcyra ; [Pausanias , vi. 3. § 2] so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82 (452 BC ). [Citation
last = Mason
first = Charles Peter
author-link =
contribution = Acestor (3)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 7
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0016.html ]References
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*SmithDGRBM
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