Dalam mitologi Yunani, Arkas (/ˈɑːrkəs/; Ἀρκάς) merupakan seorang pemburu yang menjadi raja Arkadia. Dia dikenang karena mengajari orang-orang seni menenun dan membuat roti. Arkas adalah putra Zeus dan Kallisto. Ia menikah dengan Laodameia (Leaneira), putri Amyklas; Meganeira, putri Crocon; Chrysopelia Nimfa; atau Erato Driad. Dia juga meninggalkan sejumlah keturunan, termasuk putra-putra Azan, Afeidas, Elatos, dan Trifilos, dan putra tidak sah Aftolaos dan sedikitnya dua putri, Yperippi dan Diomeneia.
Catatan Sunting
- Hyginus, Fabulae 155
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.1
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.1.4; 8.4.1-2; 8.9.9 & 10.9.5
Referensi Sunting
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti translated by James G. Frazer. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.