Acte (Akte)

Classical/mythographic summaries treat Acte as one of the Horae (Hours), a group of divine female personifications tied to portions of the day and orderly aspects of time and social life. The broader Horae tradition has variant genealogies in the sources: some accounts link certain Horae to Helios (the Sun) while other traditions derive hours from Chronos (Time). The provided material does not preserve a mythic birth-narrative specific to Acte herself.

The supplied sources name Acte functionally as a member of the Horae but do not preserve a specific physical description, iconography, or set of attributes unique to her. Classical summaries present her by name and office (the hour of eating and pleasure) rather than by distinct visual traits.

Acte's role is institutional and personifying: she presides over the hour of eating and pleasure (identified in the cited material as the second of the afternoon work hours). Her 'power' consists in marking and embodying that temporal locus and the culturally appropriate activities associated with it. The sources provide no accounts of miraculous interventions, hostile behaviors, or specific petitions directed to Acte, and do not record stories of her acting independently in mythic narratives.