Editing Arcesius

{{Short description|Mythical king of Ithaca}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Arcesius''', '''Arceisius''', '''Arkeisios''' or '''Arcisius''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀρκείσιος}}) was the son of either [[Zeus]] or [[Cephalus (son of Deione/Deioneus)|Cephalus]], and king in [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithaca]].

==Mythology==
According to [[scholia]] on the ''[[Odyssey]]'', Arcesius' parents were Zeus and [[Euryodeia]];<ref>[[Scholia]] & [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]</ref> [[Ovid]] also writes of Arcesius as a son of Zeus.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.144&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028 13.144]</ref> Other sources make him a son of Cephalus. [[Aristotle]] in his lost work ''The State of the Ithacians'' cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius.<ref>[[Aristotle]] in ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' 130.21 under ''Arkeisios''.</ref> Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and [[Procris]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#189 189]</ref> while Eustathius and the exegetical scholia to the ''[[Iliad]]'' report a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through [[Cillus]] or [[Celeus (mythology)|Celeus]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain00homegoog/page/71/mode/1up?view=theater 2.173b]; Eustathius ad ''Iliad'' 2.631</ref>

[[Zeus]] made Arcesius' line one of "[[only child|only sons]]": his only son was [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laertes]], whose only son was [[Odysseus]], whose only son was [[Telemachus]].<ref>{{Cite Odyssey|en|4|182|ref}}, {{Cite Odyssey|en|16|118}}; cf. [[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Arcisius 1.9.16]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#173 173].</ref> Arcesius's wife (and thus mother of Laertes) was [[Chalcomedusa (mythology)|Chalcomedusa]].<ref>Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/625/mode/1up?view=theater 16.118]; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]], on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', p. 1796, 35.</ref>

==Arcesius line==
Arceisiades ({{langx|grc|Ἀρκεισιάδης}}) was a [[patronymic]] from Arcesius, which Laertes as well as his son, Odysseus, is designated by.<ref>{{Cite Odyssey|en|4|755|ref}}, {{Cite Odyssey|en|24|270}}.</ref>

==Namesakes==
Of another [[Arcesius (architect)|Arcesius]], an architect, [[Vitruvius]] (vii, introduction) notes: "Arcesius, on the [[Corinthian order]] proportions, and on the [[Ionic order]] temple of [[Aesculapius]] at [[Tralles]], which it is said that he built with his own hands."

==Notes==
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== References ==
* Homer. ''The Odyssey,'' Book XVI, in ''The Iliad & The Odyssey''. Trans. Samuel Butler. p.&nbsp;625. {{ISBN|978-1-4351-1043-4}}.

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