Acestor

Who is Acestor?

Acestor was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:

⁕Apollo Acestor, an epithet of the god Apollo in his role as healer or averter of evil.

⁕Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Aristophanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian or Mysian origin.

⁕Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia, who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born at Cnossus, or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time. He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra; so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82.