Agelaus
Americannoun
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the herdsman of Priam who raised Paris.
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a son of Hercules and Omphale.
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(in theIliad ) a son of Phradmon who was killed by Diomedes.
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(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 Pope, Alexander
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
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 Butler, Samuel
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)
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
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