Acacallis

Family: Cretan genealogy · Role: daughter of Minos · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 53

In Book 8, Acacallis is named as a daughter of Minos and the mother of Cydon with Hermes. In Book 10, the people of Elyrus say that Phylacides and Philander were sons of Apollo by the nymph Acacallis; Apollo’s intrigue with her took place in Tarrha, in the house of Carmanor.

Relationship record

Book 8 · Chapter 53

• child: Cydon “Cydon was the son of Acacallis the daughter of Minos and Hermes”
• parent: Minos “Cydon was the son of Acacallis the daughter of Minos and Hermes”

Book 10 · Chapter 16

• child: Phylacides “Phylacides and Philander, who according to the people of Elyrus were the sons of Apollo by the Nymph Acacallis”
• child: Philander “Phylacides and Philander, who according to the people of Elyrus were the sons of Apollo by the Nymph Acacallis”
• with Apollo (Apollo had an intrigue with Acacallis.) “with whom he had an intrigue in the city Tarrha in the house of Carmanor”

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