Caca (mythology)

Caca (mythology)

In Roman mythology, Caca is the sister of Cacus, the son of Hephaestus. A minor character in the trials of Heracles, in some versions of the tales, she is mentioned as telling Heracles where her brother had hidden 8 cattle he had stolen from Heracles. Heracles himself had stolen the cattle from Geryon.


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