Arctus is briefly mentioned by
Hesiod, describing the
shield of Heracles:And there was the strife of the Lapith spearmen gathered round the prince
Caeneus and
Dryas and
Peirithöus, with
Hopleus,
Exadius,
Phalereus, and
Prolochus,
Mopsus the son of
Ampyce of
Titaresia, a scion of
Ares, and
Theseus, the son of
Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods. These were of silver, and had armour of gold upon their bodies. And the Centaurs were gathered against them on the other side with
Petraeus and
Asbolus the diviner,
Arctus, and
Ureus, and black-haired
Mimas, and the two sons of
Peuceus,
Perimedes and
Dryalus: these were of silver, and they had pinetrees of gold in their hands, and they were rushing together as though they were alive and striking at one another hand to hand with spears and with pines. ==See also==