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1 Arcas
Arcăs, ădis, m., = Arkas.I.Son of Jupiter and Callisto, the progenitor of the Arcadians, after his death placed as a constellation (Arctophylax) in heaven, Ov. F. 1, 470; 2, 190; id. M. 2, 468; 2, 497; Hyg. Fab. 176, and Astr. 2, 4 (cf. Apollod. 3, 8, 2).—II. A.As the most ancient men, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; Ov. F. 2, 289 al.—B.As skilled in pastoral music: Tamen cantabitis, Arcades, inquit, Montibus haec vestris;C.soli cantare periti, Arcades,
Verg. E. 10, 31:Arcades ambo, Et cantare pares et respondere parati,
id. ib. 7, 4 (cf. id. ib. 4, 58 sq.; Theocr. 22, 157; Polyb. 4, 20).—Hence, Arcas,Kat exochên.1.Mercury, who was said to have been born on the Arcadian mountain Cyllene (cf. 1. Arcadia, B.), Mart. 9, 35, 6; Luc. 9, 661; Stat. S. 5, 1, 107.—2.Parthenopœus, the son of Atalanta from Arcadia, Stat. Th. 8, 745; 12, 805.—3.Tyrannus, i. e. Lycaon, grandfather of Arcas (a poet. prolepsis), Ov. M. 1, 218.—4.Bipennifer, i. e. Ancœus, Ov. M. 8, 391.—III.Adj., = Arcadius, Arcadian, Verg. A. 12, 518; Mart. 5, 65, 2; Stat. S. 5, 2, 123; id. Th. 7, 94; Sil. 6, 636.
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