Achareus
Achareus ( ancient Greek Ἀχαρεύς ) is a pankratiast of Greek mythology .
Achareus is mentioned in Hyginus Mythographus as part of a list of the origins of various agons . Heracles is said to have established a gymnastic agon in Olympia for Pelops , the son of Tantalus . He is said to have measured himself against Achareus in an all- round battle ( παμμάχιον Pammachion ), which later became known as Pankration .
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Achareus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 6 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Tuempel : Achareus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 205.