Acis was, in
Greek mythology, a
Sicilian youth who was often considered the son of
Dionysus. He loved the
nymph Galatea but was killed with a boulder by a jealous suitor, the
Cyclops Polyphemus. Galatea turned his blood into the river Acis in Sicily.
Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII, 750-68
Acis is also a 3D solid modeler[?] from Spatial Corp. See ACIS.