Acratus

Acratus

Acratus is a classical name attributed to the following individuals:

*Acratus was a freedman of Nero. He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods. [Tacitus, "Annales" xv. 45, xvi. 23] [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Acratus
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 14
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0023.html ]

*Acratus (Greek: Ἄκρατος) is also the name by which Pausanias called the hero Acratopotes.

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