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

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

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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."

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One of the more reasonable Suitors, Agelaus, makes a speech, which commends Telemachus but insists upon his ordering his mother "to marry the man who is best and who will give most presents."

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He said, and all sat silent, till at length Thus Agelaüs spake, Diastor’s son.

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Ulysses bade his faithful swine-herd watch That egress, station’d near it, for it own’d One sole approach; then Agelaüs loud Exhorting all the suitors, thus exclaim’d.

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