Arkas - Arkas (English spelling)

Japanese: アルカス - あるかす(英語表記)Arkas
Arkas - Arkas (English spelling)

A character in Greek mythology. Son of the supreme god Zeus (or the nymph Callisto). After his mother Callisto was transformed into a bear, he was raised by Maia, the mother of Hermes. Arcas' maternal grandfather Lycaon killed the young Arcas, cooked it, and served it to Zeus's table to test Zeus' omniscience. However, Zeus saw through the plot and struck Lycaon's mansion with lightning, transformed Lycaon into a wolf, and brought Arcas back to life. One day, when Arcas had grown up, he met his mother in the form of a bear in the forest and followed her into Zeus' sanctuary. Everyone who entered there was sentenced to death, but Zeus, feeling sorry for the mother and son, transformed them into the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes (Arcturus). Later, Arcas succeeded Lycaon's son as king of the Pelasgians, and the people were named after him as the Arcadians.

[Masahiro Ogawa]

[References] | Greek mythology

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ギリシア神話に登場する人物。最高神ゼウス(または牧神パン)とニンフのカリストの子。母カリストが熊(くま)に変身したのち、ヘルメスの母マイアに育てられた。アルカスの母方の祖父リカオンは、ゼウスの全知を試すため、幼いアルカスを殺して料理し、ゼウスの食卓に供した。しかしたくらみを見抜いたゼウスは、リカオンの館(やかた)を雷で撃ち、リカオンを狼(おおかみ)の姿に変えてアルカスを生き返らせた。ある日、成人したアルカスは森で熊の姿の母親に会い彼女を追ってゼウスの神域に足を踏み入れた。そこに入った者はみな死刑となったが、親子を哀れんだゼウスは、彼らをおおぐま座とうしかい座(アルクトゥルス)に変身させた。その後、アルカスはリカオンの子の後を継いでペラスゴイ人の王となり、その民は彼の名をとってアルカディア人とよばれた。

[小川正広]

[参照項目] | ギリシア神話

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