Acratus
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Acratus is a classical name attributed to the following individuals:
- Acratus was a freedman of Nero. He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods.[1][2]
- Acratus (Greek: Ἄκρατος) is also the name by which Pausanias called the hero Acratopotes.
[edit] References
- ^ Tacitus, Annales xv. 45, xvi. 23
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Acratus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 14
[edit] Sources
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
