Carnus

In Greek mythology, Carnus (also spelled Carneus and Carneius) was a seer from Acarnania. According to the poet Praxilla, he was a son of Zeus and Europe. He was reared by Leto and Apollo, and is also known to have been a lover of Apollo.

Carnus accompanied the Heracleidae, and was killed by Hippotes with a spear for giving obscure prophecies. Apollo then struck the Dorians with plague; having consulted an oracle, they banished Hippotes from their camp and established a cult of Apollo Carneius to propitiate the god.

See also

• List of Greek mythological figures

References

• Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.13.4–5
• Conon, Narrations, 26
• Scholia on Theocritus, Idyll 5.83