Acacesium or
Akakesion (),
[Steph. Byz., Ethnica, s.v.] was a town of
ancient Arcadia in the district of Parrhasia, at the foot of a hill of the same name, and 36 stadia on the road from Megalopolis to
Phigalea. It is said to have been founded by Acacus, son of Lycaon; and according to some traditions,
Hermes was brought up at this place by Acacus, and hence derived the surname of
Acacesius. Upon the hill there was a statue in stone, in the time of Pausanias, of Hermes Acacesius; and four stadia from the town was a celebrated temple of
Despoena.
[Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.3.2, 8.27.4, 8.36.10.] This temple probably stood on the hill, on which are now the remains of the church of St Elias.
[Ludwig Ross, Reisen im Peloponnes., vol. i. p. 87.]
Its site is located near modern Daseiai.
