Arcas imperialis Cramer, 1775 syn. Papilio actaeon Fabricius, 1775
A r c h i a s fell in love with the son of Melissus, named Actaeon (distinct from Actaeon, son of Aristaeus) - the most handsome youth in the city. Finding that "no fair means or persuasion" prevailed upon the youth, Archias made plans to kidnap him. Under the guise of inviting himself to Melissus' house in order to take part in a feast, Archias and his accomplices laid hands on the boy and attempted to spirit him away. The family resisted, and in the ensuing tug of war Actaeon was torn apart.
Melissus demanded justice of the Corinthians, but was ignored by them. In return he climbed to the top of Poseidon's temple, invoked the god's wrath as vengeance for his son's murder and threw himself onto the rocks. A great drought and famine resulted, and the oracle, upon being consulted, announced that the death of Actaeon had to be avenged. Archias went into voluntary exile, and led a group of Corinthians into Sicily where they established the colony of S y r a c u s e.
After establishing the town and fathering two daughters, Archias was "treacherously" slain by T e l e p h u s, whom he had taken advantage of when Telephus was still a boy.
A r c a s /ˈɑrkəs/ Ἀρκάς, the son of Zeus and Callisto, she was a nymph in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.
E v e n u s, the river-god. In a story in which Evenus is presented as a mortal king, he drowned in the river that bore his name whilst pursuing Idas who abducted his daughter, Marpessa.
T e l e m u s (Τήλεμος, Telemos), a prophet, son of Eurymus. Telemus warned the Cyclops Polyphemus that he would lose his sight to a man named Odysseus.
'Alas!
Now an ancient prophecy about me
has truly been fulfilled! Telemus,
fine, tall son of Eurymus, a seer
who surpassed all men in prophecy,
reached old age among the Cyclopes
as a soothsayer. He said all these things
would come to pass someday—I'd lose my sight
at the hand of someone called Odysseus.
— Homer, Odyssey, ix, 509
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