In Greek mythology, the name Astacus (Ancient Greek: Ἄστακος) may refer to:
- Astacus of Thebes, a descendant of the Spartoi, and the eponym of the city Astacus, characterized as "a noble and proud man".[1] One of his sons, Melanippus, was one of the principal defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes and fell against Tydeus.[2] His other three sons, Ismarus, Leades, and Amphidicus (or Asphodicus), were credited with killing Hippomedon, Eteoclus and Parthenopaeus respectively.[3] Yet other two sons of his, Erithelas and Lobes, were said to have founded Hypoplacian Thebes.[4]
- Astacus, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Olbia, eponymous founder of Astacus, Bithynia.[5]
- Astacus, a son of Hermes and (?) Astabe, a daughter of Peneus; he was father of Iocles (or Oicles?) and through him grandfather of Hipponous.[6]
- ^ Memnon in Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, vol. 3, p. 536
- ^ Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 407; Herodotus, 5.67.2; Apollodorus, 3.6.8; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1066
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.6.8
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.396
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Astakos
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 133