Actis

The title of this article is ambiguous. See also: Actis .

In Greek mythology, Aktis is one of the Heliadai, the sons of Helios and the nymph Rhodes.

He founded the city of Heliopolis , which he named after his father. He was also the first teacher of the Greeks in astrology .

swell

• Diodorus 5, 56f
• Pindar , Olympia 7, 70f; 134

literature

• Karl Tümpel : Aktis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1215 f.
• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher : Aktis . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 217 ( digitized version ).