In Greek mythology, Ceteus (Ancient Greek: Κητεύς Kêteus means "of the ravines" from kêtôeis) may refer to the following two characters:

  • Ceteus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,[2] Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman. In one version of the myth, he was called the son of Parthaon (son of Dorieus) and brother of Paros.[4][5] Ceteus was said to be the father of Callisto[6] or Megisto,[1] both were called the mother of Arcas. In one account, Callisto's mother was called Stilbe.[4] Ceteus was called the Kneeler among the stars. These events have taken place on the Arcadian mountain of Nonacris.[1]
  • Ceteus, one of the commanders of the Lamian Centaurs who joined Dionysus in his campaign against India.[7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Hyginus, Astronomica 2.1.6 with Araethus of Tegea as authority
  2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.13.1
  3. Pausanias, 8.17.6
  4. 1 2 Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1646
  5. Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
  6. Apollodorus, 3.8.2 with Pherecydes as the authority
  7. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186 ff.

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