Aket or Akoyt ( ancient Greek Ἀκοίτης , Lat. Ăcoetēs ) is the helmman (pilot) of the ship of the Tyrrhenian slave traders who captured Dionysus .
Subsequently, forgiven by God, became a priest of Dionysus in the Dionysian temple on Naxos .
Another Aket is also known - Laoconte 's father [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Guy Julius Guigin - Fabulae, 135
Sources
- Homeric hymns , 7
- Publius Ovidius Nason - Metamorphosis , III, 582-690