Acacus

Family: Arcadians · Role: son of Lycaon · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 3

In Book 8, Chapter 3, Acacus, son of Lycaon, built Acacesium alongside his brothers, while Nyctimus, the eldest, succeeded to their father’s power. The Arcadians also connected Acacus with Hermes’s surname.

In Book 8, Chapter 36, Acacus nursed Hermes when he was brought up at Acacesium.

Relationship record

Life events

• Acacus, son of Lycaon, nursed Hermes when Hermes was brought up at Acacesium.(Book 8 · Chapter 36 · 📍 Acacesius)
  • With: Hermes Lycaon
  • “they say Hermes was brought up there as a boy, and there is a tradition among the Arcadians that Acacus the son of Lycaon was his nurse”

Book 8 · Chapter 3

• parent: Lycaon “and Acacus built Acacesium”
• siblings with Nyctimus “Nyctimus was the eldest son of Lycaon and succeeded to all his power, and his brothers built cities where each fancied”
• with Hermes (Acacus is presented as the source of Hermes's surname.) “From this Acacus, according to the tradition of the Arcadians, Homer invented a surname for Hermes.”

Book 8 · Chapter 36

• parent: Lycaon (Lycaon is Acacus's father.) “Acacus the son of Lycaon was his nurse”
• ward: Hermes (Acacus was Hermes's nurse.) “Acacus the son of Lycaon was his nurse”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.