Opheltes

American  

[uh-fel-teez] / əˈfɛl tiz /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.

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Example Sentences

The Argives, on the verge of death, and maddened with thirst, come upon Hypsipyle, the nurse of Opheltes, the son of Lycurgus, King of Nemea.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

A history similar to that of Opheltes is given of Archemorus; who was said to have been left in a garden by his nurse Hypsipyle, and in her absence slain by a serpent.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob

Lycurgus is the same as Lycus, Lycaon, Lycoreus, the Sun: and Opheltes, his supposed offspring, is of the same purport.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob

Not thus my sire Opheltes, bred to war, Brought up and taught me, when in evil strait Was Troy, and Argives battered at her gate.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

This prodigious narration finished, it is discovered that a serpent sacred to Jupiter has killed Opheltes.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth