Petraeus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Petraeus or Petraios (Ancient Greek: Πετραίῳ, lit. 'of a rock')^[citation needed] may refer to two separate characters:

• Petraeus, the "laughing tippling" leader of the satyrs[1] who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.[2][3]
• Petraeus, son of Carystus (son of Chiron) and father of Zarex,[4] adopted father of Anius.[5]

Notes

1. Nonnus, 14.105.
2. Nonnus, 14.109.
3. RE, Petraios (2).
4. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 373.
5. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 580.

References

• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.