Aristaeus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ăristaeus, i, m., = Ἀρισταῖος,

a son of Apollo and Cyrene , who is said to have taught to men the management of bees and the treatment of milk , and to have first planted olive - trees. He was the husband of Autonoë , and father of Actaeon , Verg. G. 4, 317 Serv.; Ov. P. 4, 2, 9; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57 Zumpt.