Acontius

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Cydippe with Acontius's apple by Paulus Bor, Rijksmuseum

Acontius (

Delphic oracle at last declared the cause of her illnesses to be the wrath of the offended goddess; whereupon her father consented to her marriage with Acontius.[2] Antoninus Liberalis, tells the story with different names;[3] see Ctesylla.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ovid's Heroides, xx & xxi
  2. ^ Aristaenetus, Epistolae, i.10
  3. ^ Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, i
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Acontius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 152.