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Agelaus

[aj-uh-ley-uhs]

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

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."

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."

Meantime The suitors fill’d with menaces the dome, And Agelaüs, first, Damastor’s son, In accents harsh rebuked the Goddess thus.

Then, Agelaüs animated loud The suitors, whom Eurynomus also roused, Amphimedon, and Demoptolemus, And Polyctorides, Pisander named, 280 And Polybus the brave; for noblest far Of all the suitor-chiefs who now survived And fought for life were these.

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