Agelaus

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[aj-uh-lay-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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Agelaus

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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

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."

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider

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

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

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

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