Editing Achates

{{Short description|In Greek and Roman mythology, the name of two individuals}}
{{for|the river of Sicily|Achates (river)}}
In [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Roman mythology]], '''Achates''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀχάτης) may refer to the following personages: 
*[[Achates (Aeneid)|Achates]], a companion of the exiled Aeneas.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti]]'' 3.603; [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 1.120</ref>
* Achates, a [[Sicily|Sicilian]] who came to [[Aristaeus]] in order to join [[Dionysus]] in his Indian campaign.<ref>[[Nonnus]], 13.309 & 37.169</ref>

== Saints ==

* [[Achates of Thun]], or Achathus, a first-century Christian saint and companion of [[Saint Beatus of Thun]].
* [[Acathius of Melitene]], also known as Acathes, a third-century Christian bishop and saint

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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