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In Greek mythology, Petraeus or Petraios (Ancient Greek: Πετραίῳ, lit. 'of a rock') may refer to two separate characters:

• Petraeus, the "laughing tippling" leader of the satyrs who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.
• Petraeus, son of Carystus (son of Chiron) and father of Zarex, adopted father of Anius.

Notes

1. Nonnus, 14.105.
2. Nonnus, 14.109.
3. RE, Petraios (2).
4. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 373.
5. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 580.

References

• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.

• Characters in Greek mythology
• Set index articles on Greek mythology