person
Aristaeus
Pastoral hero, son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene; he lost his bees and recovered them by the bugonia rite revealed by Proteus.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.2 honey to Aristaeus
Aristaeus, the rustic god who first taught beekeeping; to give him honey, like wine to Bacchus, is to give a master what he already supplies — so Ovid sends the poet Severus no verse.
- The Festivals §9 Aristaeus
Pastoral hero who lost his bees; his nymph-mother sent him to Proteus for the cure.