Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Acestor (Greek: Ἀκέστωρ) was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:Apollo Acestor, an epithet of the god Apollo in his role as healer or averter of evil.Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" (Σάκας) on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Aristophanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian or Mysian origin.Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia, who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born at Cnossus, or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time. He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra; so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82 (452 BC).↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑. }
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- Acestor abstract "Acestor (Greek: Ἀκέστωρ) was the name of several figures in Classical mythology and history:Apollo Acestor, an epithet of the god Apollo in his role as healer or averter of evil.Acestor Sacas, surnamed "Sacas" (Σάκας) on account of his foreign origin, was a tragic poet at Athens, and a contemporary of Aristophanes. He seems to have been either of Thracian or Mysian origin.Acestor, a sculptor mentioned by Pausanias as having executed a statue of Alexibius, a native of Heraea in Arcadia, who had gained a victory in the pentathlon at the Olympic Games. He was born at Cnossus, or at any rate exercised his profession there for some time. He had a son named Amphion, who was also a sculptor, and had studied under Ptolichus of Corcyra; so that Acestor must have been a contemporary of the latter, who flourished around Olympiad 82 (452 BC).↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".