Acadēmus, an Athenian, who discovered to Castor and Pollux where Theseus had concealed their sister Helen, for which they amply rewarded him. Plutarch, Theseus.
Acalandrus, or Acalyndrus, a river falling into the bay of Tarentum. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 11.
Acalle, a daughter of Minos and Pasiphae. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 1.
Acamarchis, one of the Oceanides.
Acămas, son of Theseus and Phædra, went with Diomedes to demand Helen from the Trojans after her elopement from Menelaus. In his embassy he had a son called Munitus, by Laodice the daughter of Priam. He was concerned in the Trojan war, and afterwards built the town of Acamantium in Phrygia, and on his return to Greece called a tribe after his own name at Athens. Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 26.—Quintus Smyrnæus, bk. 12.—Hyginus, fable 108.——A son of Antenor in the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bk. 11, li. 60, &c.——A Thracian auxiliary of Priam in the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bk. 11.
Acampsis, a river of Colchis. Arrian.
Acantha, a nymph loved by Apollo, and changed into the flower Acanthus.
Acanthus, a town near mount Athos, belonging to Macedonia, or, according to others, to Thrace. It was founded by a colony from Andros. Thucydides, bk. 4, ch. 84.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 2.——Another in Egypt near the Nile, called also Dulopolis. Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 28.——An island mentioned by Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 32.
Acăra, a town of Pannonia.——Another in Italy.
Acaria, a fountain of Corinth, where Iolas cut off the head of Eurystheus. Strabo, bk. 8.