Petraeus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Petraeus or Petraios () may refer to two separate characters:

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

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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.