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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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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 Alexander Pope

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 Andrew Lang

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 Willy Pogany

This may not be, Agelaus," answered Melanthius, "the mouth of the narrow passage is dangerously near the entrance to the outer court.

From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler

His was the hand that first a crested chief, The son of Phradmon, Agelaus, struck.

From The Iliad by Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby

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