Acaste

For the prehistoric genus of Trilobite, see Acaste (genus).

Acaste (/əˈkæstiː/; Ancient Greek: Ακαστη Akastê means "unstable" or "irregular" from akastatos) was a name attributed to two characters in Greek mythology.

Acaste, the nurse of the children of king Adrastus of Argos.^[1]
Acaste, one of the Oceanids.^[2] She was one among the companions of Persephone when she was abducted by Hades.^[3]

Notes

↑ Statius. Thebaid, 1.529.
↑ Hesiod. Theogony, 346.
↑ The Homeric Hymns. To Demeter, 405.

References

Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2), in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Statius, Statius with an English Translation by J. H. Mozley, Volume I, Silvae, Thebaid, Books I–IV, Loeb Classical Library No. 206, London: William Heinemann, Ltd., New York: G. P. Putnamm's Sons, 1928. ISBN 978-0674992269. Internet Archive

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[1] Statius. Thebaid, 1.529.

[2] Hesiod. Theogony, 346.

[3] The Homeric Hymns. To Demeter, 405.