Actaeus

• pertaining to Attica, Attic, Athenian: in Actaeo Aracyntho, Verg. E. 2, 24 (as being on the border of Attica): arces, of Athens, Ov. M. 2, 720; fratres, i.e. Clytos and Butes, id. ib. 7, 681: mel Hymetti, Col. 10, 386: imbres, a rain of honey, Stat. Th. 4, 453. —Hence, subst.: Actaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Attica, Nep. Thras. 2, 1.— Actaea, ae, f., a female Athenian; of Orithyia, Ov. M. 6, 711.

(Ἀκταῖος). A son of Erisichthon, and according to Pausanias (1.2.5), the earliest king of Attica. He had three daughters, Agraulos, Herse, and Pandrosus, and was succeeded by Cecrops, who married Agraulos. According to Apollodorus (3.14. 1.) on the other hand, Cecrops was the first king of Attica. [L.S]

• , prop. of Acte (the coast of Attica).—Hence, Attic, Athenian, V., O.—Substplur.,

The first king of Attica. The poets use the word Actaeus as an adjective, in the sense of “Attic. ”