Arctus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Arctus (.) may refer to the following:

Arctus, one of the twelve Horae.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41.287 Arctus, one of the centaurs who fought against the Lapiths during the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 186 Arktos, the name of Callisto among the stars after being transformed by her lover Zeus into the constellation Ursa Major (‘The Great Bear’).Hyginus, De astronomia 2.1.1 & 2.1.2 with Hesiod and Amphis as the authorities, respectively, 2.2.2 & 2.4.1; Nicander, Alexipharmaca 1; Statius, Thebaid 3.679 & 8.395; Tzetzes, Chiliades 8.754; Eusebius, Praeparatio evangelica 11.7.7 Meanwhile, their son Arcas was changed and set into the sky as Arctophylax (‘The Bear Watcher’).Hyginus, De astronomia 2.1.2 with Amphis as the source, 2.2.2 & 2.4.1; Eusebius, Praeparatio evangelica 11.7.7 Arctus, the son of Zeus and a woman named Manthea, whom he seduced in the form of a bear according to a Christian writer.Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.22

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