A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

ACESTES.
reign name into one more convenient to him, and
that the real name of Sichaeus was Sicharbas,
which seems to be identical with Acerbas. [DIDO;
PYGMALION.] [L. S,]
ACERRO'NIA, a friend of Agrippina, the
mother of Nero, was drowned in B. c. 59, when an
unsuccessful attempt was made at the same time to
drown Agrippina. (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Dion Cass.
Lxi. 13.)
CN. ACERRO'NIUS PROCULUS, consul
A. D. 37, the year in which Tiberius died (Tac.
Ann. vi. 45; Suet. Tib. 73), was perhaps a descendant of the Cn. Acerronius, whom Cicero
mentions in hig oration for Tullius, B. c. 71, as a
vir optimus. (16, &c.)
ACERSE'COMES ('AIcepoýEdKI1s), a surname
of Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which
was never cut or shorn. (Hom. II. xx. 39; Pind.
Pyith. iii. 26.) [L. S.]
ACESANDER ('Atao-avpos) wrote a history
of Cyrene. (Schol. ad Apoll. iv. 1561, 1750; ad
Pind. Pyth. iv. init. 57.) Plutarch (Symp. v. 2.
~ 8) speaks of a work of his respecting Libya (replI
Aisvrs), which may probably be the same work as
the history of Cyrene. The time at which he lived
is unknown.
A'CESAS ('Arceois), a native of Salamis in
Cyprus, famed for his skill in weaving cloth with
variegated patterns (polymitarius). He and his son
Helicon, who distinguished himself in the same
art are mentioned by Athenaeus. (ii. p. 48, b.)
Zenobius speaks of both artists, but says that
Acesas (or, as he calls him Aceseus, 'Alcese's) was
a native of Patara, and Helicon of Carystus. He
tells us also that they were the first who made a
peplus for Athena Polias. When they lived, we
are not informed; but it must have been before
the time of Euripides and Plato, who mention this
peplus. (Eur. Hfec. 468; Plat. Euthyphr. ~ 6.) A
specimen of the workmanship of these two artists
was preserved in the temple at Delphi, bearing an
inscription to the effect, that Pallas had imparted
marvellous skill to their hands. [C. P. M.]
ACE'SIAS ('AcEro-ns), an ancient Greek physician, whose age and country are both unknown.
It is ascertained however that he lived at least
four hundred years before Christ, as the proverb
"Anscinas i daaro, Acesias cured him, is quoted on
the authority of Aristophanes. This saying (by
which only Acesias is known to us,) was used
when any person's disease became worse instead of
better under medical treatment, and is mentioned
by Suidas (s. v. 'AIctaes), Zenobius (Proverb.
Cent. i. ~ 52), Diogenianus (Proverb. ii. 3), Michael Apostolius (Proverb. ii. 23), and Plutarch
(Proverb. quibes Alexanc'dr. usi sunt, ~ 98). See
also Proverb. e Cod. Bodl. ~ 82, in Gaisford's
Paroemiograprhi Graeci,- 8vo. Oxon. 1836. It is
possible that an author bearing this name, and
mentioned by Athenaeus (xii. p. 516, c.) as having
written a treatise on the Art of Cooking (Od/aprvTuCd), may be one and the same person, but of this
we have no certain information. (J. J. Baier,
Adag. Medic. Cent. 4to. Lips. 1718.) [W. A. G.]
ACE'SIUS ('Aicdo-os), a surname of Apollo,
under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he
had a splendid temple in the agora. This surname, which has the same meaning as deco'rwp
and dXAeinaKCos, characterised the god as the
averter of evil. (Paus. vi. 24. ~ 5.) [L. S.]
ACESTES ('Aecso-rsis), a son of the Sicilian

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river-god Crimisus and of a Trojan woman of the
name of Egesta or Segesta (Virg. Aen. i. 195, 550,
v. 36, 711, &c.), who according to Servius was
sent by her father Hippotes or Ipsostratus to Sicily,
that she might not be devoured by the monsters,
which infested the territory of Troy, and which
had been sent into the land, because the Trojans
had refused to reward Poseidon and Apollo for
having built the walls of their city. When Egesta
arrived in Sicily, the river-god Crimisus in the
form of a bear or a dog begot by her a son Acestes,
who was afterwards regarded as the hero who had
founded the town of Segesta. (Comp. Schol. ad
Lycophr. 951, 963.) The tradition of Acestes in
Dionysius (i. 52), who calls him Aegestus (A'lyes-ro), is different, for according to him the grandfather of Aegestus quarrelled with Laomedon, who
slew him and gave his daughters to some merchants to convey them to a distant land. A noble
Trojan however embarked with them, and married
one of them in Sicily, where she subsequently gave
birth to a son, Aegestus. During the war against
Troy Aegestus obtained permission from Priam to
return and take part in the contest, and afterwards
returned to Sicily, where Aeneas on his arrival
was hospitably received by him and Elymus, and
built for them the towns of Aegesta and Elyme.
The account of Dionysius seems to be nothing but
a rationalistic interpretation of the genuine legend.
As to the inconsistencies in Virgil's account of
Acestes, see Heyne, Excurs. 1, on Aen. v. [L. S.]
ACESTODO'RUS ('AcCoeTar o'pos), a Greek
historical writer, who is cited by Plutarch (Them.
13), and whose work contained, as it appears, an
account of the battle of Salamis among other things.
The time at which he lived is unknown. Stephanus (s. v. MEyd'Am wrdAts) speaks of an Acestodorus of Megalopolis, who wrote a work on cities
(7repi LroAEwI), but whether this is the same as the
above-mentioned writer is not clear,
ACESTOR ('Aieco-rwp). A surname of Apollo
which characterises him as the god of the healing
art, or in general as the averter of evil, like dcirtcs.
(Eurip. Androm. 901.) [L. S.]
ACESTOR ('Aco-Trcvp), surnamed Sacas (:dKas), on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic
poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Aristophanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian
or Mysian origin. (Aristoph. Aves, 31; Schol.
ad loc.; Vespae, 1216; Schol. ad loc.; Phot. and
Suid. s. v. 2dicas: Welcker, Die Griech. Tragoyd.
p. 1032.) [R. W.]
ACESTOR ('Ace's-wp), a sculptor mentioned
by Pausanias (vi. 17. ~ 2) as having executed a
statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia,
who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the
Olympic games. He was born at Cnossus, or at
any rate exercised his profession there for some
time. (Paus. x. 15. ~ 4.) He had a son named
Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had
studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra (Paus. vi. 3.
~ 2); so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished about 01. 82.
(a. c. 452.) [C. P. M.]
ACESTO'RIDES ('ArcEo-ropiS?), a Corinthian,
was made supreme commander by the Syracusans
in B.. c317, and banished Agathocles fromn the city.
(Diod. xix. 5.)
ACESTO'RIDES wrote four books of mythical
stories relating to every city (rwvr Kard r6ltv
pvOsccKW ). In these he gave many real historical