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ID: 901002355
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002355
Record Type: Character/Person

Academus (Greek hero)

Note: Legendary Attic hero, known for having saved Athens from the wrath of Castor and Pollux after Attic king Theseus had abducted their young sister, Helen.

Names:
Academus (Greek hero) (preferred,English-P,D)
Academus (Greek hero) (Latin-P,D)
Academos (Greek hero) (Greek (transliterated)-P,D)
Academos (Greek hero) (English,U)
Ἀκάδημος (Greek hero) (Ancient Greek,U)
Ἑκάδημος (Greek hero) (Ancient Greek (transliterated))
Hekademos (Greek hero) (English)
Hecademus (Greek hero) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Academus (Greek hero) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... hero
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Academus (Greek hero)
................BWR database (2010-)
................Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993) in "Minotaur"
Academos (Greek hero)
................BWR database (2010-)
................Brewer, Guide to the Mythology of Ancient Greece (1858)
Ἀκάδημος (Greek hero)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academus
Ἑκάδημος (Greek hero)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ BWR database (2010-)
................ Brewer, Guide to the Mythology of Ancient Greece (1858)

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