(Redirected from Chalcomedusa)In
Greek mythology, 'Arcesius', or 'Arkêsios', also spelled Arceisius, was the son of
Cephalus, and king in
Ithaca. He was father of
Laertes, and thus grandfather of
Odysseus. Arcesius' wife, and thus mother of Laertes, was 'Chalcomedusa', whose origins are not mentioned further, but whose very name, ''chalcos'', "copper" + ''
medousa'' "guardian, protectress", identifies her as the protector of
Bronze Age metal-working technology.
Of another 'Arcesius', an architect,
Vitruvius (vii, introduction) notes: "Arcesius, on the
Corinthian order proportions, and on the
Ionic order temple of
Aesculapius at
Tralles, which it is said that he built with his own hands."
References
★ ''
Odyssey'' XIV, 182.
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