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In
Greek mythology , Archelaus (
Ancient Greek : Ἀρχέλαος means "leading the people, chief") may refer to the following personages:
Archelaus, an
Egyptian prince as one of the 50
sons of King
Aegyptus .
[1] His mother was a
Phoenician woman and thus full brother of
Agaptolemus ,
Cercetes ,
Eurydamas ,
Argius ,
Aegius and
Menemachus . In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by
Eurryroe , daughter of the
river-god
Nilus ,
[2] or
Isaie , daughter of King
Agenor of
Tyre .
[3] Archelaus suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save
Lynceus , when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King
Danaus of
Libya . He married the
Danaid
Anaxibia , daughter of Danaus and an
Ethiopian woman.
[1]
Archelaus, a
Mycenaean prince as son of King
Electryon and
Anaxo , daughter of
Alcaeus . He was the brother of
Stratobates ,
Gorgophonus ,
Phylonomus ,
Celaeneus ,
Amphimachus ,
Lysinomus ,
Chirimachus ,
Anactor and
Alcmena , mother of the hero
Heracles .
[4] Together with his brothers, Archelaus was killed by the sons of the
Taphian king,
Pterelaus who claimed the kingdom of their ancestor
Mestor , son of
Perseus and brother of Electryon.
[5]
Archelaus, son of the hero Heracles.
[6]
Archelaus , son of
Temenus .
[7]
Archelaus, see
Echelas .
[8]
Notes
References
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Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Strabo , The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Tzetzes, John , Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
Online version at theio.com