. g. 262). The promontory of Acamas in Cyprus(Plin. v. § 129), the town of Acamantium inPhrygia, and the Attic tribe Acamantis, derivedtheir names from him (Paus. i. 5, § 2). He wasthe tribe hero of the Ceramicus according to aninscription (Mitt. iv. 8).—2. Son of Antenorand Theano, slain by Meriones (27. ii. 823, , xiv. 476, xvi. 342).—3. Son of Eussorus, aleader of the Thracians in the Trojan war ( 844, v. 462), slain by the Telamonian Ajax 8). - Acanthus [AkclvSos), a Lacedaemonian, victorin the Olympi
. g. 262). The promontory of Acamas in Cyprus(Plin. v. § 129), the town of Acamantium inPhrygia, and the Attic tribe Acamantis, derivedtheir names from him (Paus. i. 5, § 2). He wasthe tribe hero of the Ceramicus according to aninscription (Mitt. iv. 8).—2. Son of Antenorand Theano, slain by Meriones (27. ii. 823, , xiv. 476, xvi. 342).—3. Son of Eussorus, aleader of the Thracians in the Trojan war ( 844, v. 462), slain by the Telamonian Ajax 8). - Acanthus [AkclvSos), a Lacedaemonian, victorin the Olympic games in 01. 15 ( 720), thefirst who ran quite naked (Paus. v. 8, 3 ; Dio-nys. vii. 72 ; cf. Thuc. i. 0). Acanthus. 1. (AnavSos : AkolvBios, Acan-thius: Erisso), a town on the isthmus connect-ing the peninsula of Acte with Chalcidice. andabout 14 mile above the canal of Xerxes.[ It was founded by a colony fromAndros. Xerxes stopped here on his march intoGreece ( 480). It surrendered to Brasidas424 and its independence was guaranteed in. the treaty of peace made between Athens andSparta. It afterwards became subject to Mace-donia. In the war between the Romans andPhilip (200) Acanthus was taken and plundered B 2 4 ACAENAN by the fleet of the republic. On the coin ofAcanthus figured above is a lion killing a bull,which justifies the account of Herodotus (), that on the march of Xerxes from Acan-thus to Therme, lions seized the camels whichcarried the provisions (Hdt. vii. 115 seq., 121seq.; Thuc. iv. 84 seq., v. 18; Xen. Hell. v. 2 ;Liv. xxxi. 45; Strab. p. 330).—2. (Dashour), acity of Egypt, on the W. bank of the Nile, 120stadia S. of Memphis, with a temple of Osiris,so called from a sacred enclosure composed ofthe Acanthus (Strab. p. 809 ; Diod. i. 97). Acarnan (AKapvdv, -aucs), one of the Epi-goni, son of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe, andbrother of Amphoterus. Their father was mur-dered by Phegeus when they were young, andCallirrhoe prayed to Zeus to
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