GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex
ACIS (mortal shepherd)
Figure of myth · couple in Greek mythology
Acis is a mortal shepherd depicted as a sixteen-year-old adolescent boy. He has a slender, supple frame with warm olive skin and short, dark brown hair in soft, loose curls. He wears a short ochre wool garment draped over his left shoulder, an ochre woven wool belt, and brown leather sandals, while carrying a long brown wooden shepherd's staff with a curved hook.
