Agelaus

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[aj-uh-ley-uhs] / ˌædʒ əˈleɪ əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the herdsman of Priam who raised Paris.

2. a son of Hercules and Omphale.

3. (in theIliad ) a son of Phradmon who was killed by Diomedes.

4. (in theOdyssey ) one of the suitors of Penelope.

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Example Sentences

Then Agelaus spake among them, and made known his word to all: 'Friends, now at last will this man hold his unconquerable hands.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

Agelaus, Euryphylus, and Callias, are probably from the Temenidæ of Euripides.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Now one who was called Agelaus stood forward, and directed the wooers to cast spears at Odysseus.

From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Pogany, Willy

Then Agelaus called to Melanthius, "Go up to the stair-door and shout to the people, that they may break into the hall and save us."

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Damastor's son, bold Agelaus, leads, The guilty war, Eurynomus succeeds; With these, Pisander, great Polyctor's son, Sage Polybus, and stern Amphimedon, With Demoptolemus: these six survive: The best of all the shafts had left alive.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander