The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Aconteus

Family: Perseus · Role: soldier · First appears: Fable 48

Life events

  • Aconteus becomes stone, and Astyages is petrified after striking his statue.(Fable48)
    • With: Astyages
    • “While Astyages was in amazement, he took on himself the same nature: and the look of one in surprise remained on his marble features.”

Fable 48

  • enemies with Astyages “Astyages, thinking him still alive, struck him with his long sword; the sword resounded with a shrill ringing.”
  • with Perseus (interaction) “there was one man, however, Aconteus by name, a soldier of Perseus”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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