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

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

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

Assæus indeed first, and Autonoüs, and Opites, and Dolops, son of Clytis, and Opheltius, and Agelaus, and Æsymnus, and Orus, and Hipponoüs, persevering in fight.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

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)

And late and at last spake among them Agelaus, son of Damastor: 'Friends, when a righteous word has been spoken, none surely would rebuke another with hard speech and be angry.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

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