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Agelaus or Agelaos (Ancient Greek: Ἀγέλαος) is, in Greek mythology, the name of various individuals.

Agelaus, father of Antheus of Lyctus. He fought in the army of Dionysus during his campaigns in India.^[1]
Agelaus, an Arcadian prince as the son of King Stymphalus. He was the father of Phalanthus.^[2]
Agelaus, also Ageleus (Ageleos),^[3] a Calydonian princes as the son of King Oeneus and Queen Althaea.^[4]
Agelaus, son of Heracles and Omphale, and ancestor of Croesus. In other sources this son is instead called Lamus.^[5]
Agelaus, a common herdsman (or slave of Priam) who saved the life of the Trojan prince Paris, exposed as an infant on Mount Ida, owing to a prophecy that he would be the reason for the destruction of Troy, and brought him up as his own son.^[6]
Agelaus, son of Maion. He was a Trojan warrior and killed, during the Trojan War, by Ajax.^[7]
Agelaus of Miletus, son of Hippasus. He fought against the Greeks as part of contingent of Nastes in the Trojan War and was killed by Meges.^[8]
Agelaus, son of Phradmon, and a Trojan warrior. He was killed during the war by Diomedes.^[9]
Agelaus, son of Evanor, and one of the attendants of Acamas during the Trojan War.^[10]
Agelaus, a Greek warrior slain by Hector during the Trojan War.^[11]
Agelaus, or Agelaos, son of Damastor and one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers.^[12] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[13]
Agelaus, son of Temenus and descendant of Heracles. Agelaus, along with his brothers (Eurypylus and Callias), hired men to kill his father, since he gave his favour to their sister Hyrnetho and her husband Deiphontes. When this was discovered, the people gave the throne to Deiphontes and Hyrnetho.^[14]

Notes

^ Nonnus, 35.382
^ Pausanias, 8.35.9
^ Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Evelyn-White = fr. 25 Merkelbach–West
^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8, f.n. 228
^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.229
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.300
^ Homer, Iliad 8.253
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4.365
^ Homer, Iliad 11.299
^ Homer, Odyssey 22.241 & 293; Apollodorus, E.7.28
^ Apollodorus, E.7.33
^ Apollodorus, 2.8.5

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agelaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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[1] Nonnus, 35.382

[2] Pausanias, 8.35.9

[3] Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses

[4] Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Evelyn-White = fr. 25 Merkelbach–West

[5] Apollodorus, 2.7.8, f.n. 228

[6] Apollodorus, 3.12.5

[7] Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.229

[8] Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.300

[9] Homer, Iliad 8.253

[10] Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4.365

[11] Homer, Iliad 11.299

[12] Homer, Odyssey 22.241 & 293; Apollodorus, E.7.28

[:1-13] Apollodorus, E.7.33

[14] Apollodorus, 2.8.5

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+{{Other uses|Agelaus of Naupactus}}
-'''Agelaus''' or '''Agelaos''' (Ἀγέλαος) is, in [[Greek mythology]], the name of various individuals.
+{{short description|Set of various people in Greek mythology}}
-#'''Agelaus''', or '''Agelaos''', son of [[Damastor]] was a suitor of [[Penelope]], killed by [[Odysseus]].
+'''Agelaus''' or '''Agelaos''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀγέλαος) is, in [[Greek mythology]], the name of various individuals.
-#'''Agelaus''' was a common herdsman (or slave of [[Priam]]) who saved the life of the Trojan prince [[Paris]], exposed as an infant on [[Mount Ida]], owing to a prophecy that he would be the reason for the destruction of [[Troy]], and brought him up as his own son.
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Maion]]. He was a [[Trojan]] warrior and killed, during the [[Trojan War]], by [[Ajax (mythology)| Ajax]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy, 3.247 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus3.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''' of [[Miletus]], son of [[Hippasus (mythology)| Hippasus]]. He fought against the Greeks as part of contingent of [[Nastes]] in the Trojan War and was killed by [[Meges]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy, 1.300 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Phradraon]], and a Trojan warrior. He was killed during the war by [[Diomedes]].<ref>Homer, The Iliad, 8.253 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerIliad8.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Evanor]], and one of the attendants of [[Acamas]] during the Trojan War.<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy, 4.365 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus4.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', a Greek warrior slain by [[Hector]] during the Trojan War. <ref>Homer, The Iliad, 11.299 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerIliad11.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Heracles]] and [[Omphale]], and ancestor of [[Croesus]]. In other sources this son is instead called [[Lamus]] <ref>Apollodorus, The Library, 2.7.8 (note: 228) [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/Ap2b.html#228 Classical E-Text: NOTES ON APOLLODORUS, BIBLIOTHECA 2b<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Temenus]] and descendant of Heracles. Agelaus, along with his brothers ([[Eurypylus]] and [[Callias]]), hired men to kill his father, since he gave his favour to their sister [[Hyrnetho]] and her husband [[Deiphontes]]. When this was discovered, the people gave the throne to Deiphontes and Hyrnetho.<ref>Apollodorus, The Library, 2.8.5 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Oeneus]] and [[Althaea]]. He was killed whilst battling the [[Curetes]]. <ref>Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, Fragment 98 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html]</ref>
-#'''Agelaus''', son of [[Stymphalus]], king of [[Arcadia]], and father of [[Phalanthus]].
-#'''Agelaus''', father of [[Antheus]]. He fought in the army of [[Dionysus]] during his campaigns in [[India]].
-#'''Agelaus''' of [[Naupactus]] was a leading man in the [[Aetolia]]n state at the time of the [[Achaean League]].  He is first mentioned in [[221 BC]], when he negotiated the alliance between the [[Illyria]]n chief [[Scerdilaidas]] and the Aetolians.  It was through his persuasive speech that [[Philip V of Macedon|Philip of Macedonia]] and his allies were induced to make peace with the Aetolians ([[218 BC]]), and he was elected general of the latter in the following year, though his conduct in recommending peace was soon afterwards blamed by his fickle countrymen.<ref>[[Polybius]], iv. 16, v. 103—107</ref>
+*Agelaus, father of [[Antheus]] of [[Lyctus]]. He fought in the army of [[Dionysus]] during his campaigns in [[India]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 35.382</ref>
-==References==
+*Agelaus, an [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadian]] prince as the son of King [[Stymphalus (son of Elatus)|Stymphalus]]. He was the father of [[Phalanthus]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.35.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Agelaus 8.35.9]</ref>
-{{reflist}}
+*Agelaus, also '''Ageleus''' ('''Ageleos'''),<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#2 2] as cited in [[Nicander|Nicander's]] ''Metamorphoses''</ref> a [[Calydon|Calydonian]] princes as the son of King [[Oeneus]] and Queen [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html fr. 98] Evelyn-White = fr. 25 Merkelbach–West</ref>
+*Agelaus, son of [[Heracles]] and [[Omphale]], and ancestor of [[Croesus]]. In other sources this son is instead called [[Lamus (mythology)|Lamus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.7.8, f.n. 228</ref>
+*Agelaus, a common herdsman (or slave of [[Priam]]) who saved the life of the Trojan prince [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], exposed as an infant on [[Mount Ida]], owing to a prophecy that he would be the reason for the destruction of [[Troy]], and brought him up as his own son.<ref>Apollodorus, 3.12.5</ref>
+*Agelaus, son of [[Maion]]. He was a [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior and killed, during the [[Trojan War]], by [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], [https://topostext.org/work/863#3.227 3.229]</ref>
+*Agelaus of [[Miletus]], son of [[Hippasus (mythology)|Hippasus]]. He fought against the Greeks as part of contingent of [[Nastes]] in the Trojan War and was killed by [[Meges]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 1.300]</ref>
+*Agelaus, son of [[Phradmon]], and a Trojan warrior. He was killed during the war by [[Diomedes]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 8.253</ref>
+*Agelaus, son of [[Evanor]], and one of the attendants of [[Acamas]] during the Trojan War.<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus4.html 4.365]</ref>
+*Agelaus, a [[Achaeans (tribe)|Greek]] warrior slain by [[Hector]] during the Trojan War.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.299</ref>
+*Agelaus, or Agelaos, son of [[Damastor]] and one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Same (Homer)|Same]] along with other 22 wooers.<ref>Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 22.241 & 293; Apollodorus, E.7.28</ref> He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by [[Odysseus]] with the aid of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":1">Apollodorus, E.7.33</ref>
+*Agelaus, son of [[Temenus]] and descendant of Heracles. Agelaus, along with his brothers ([[Eurypylus]] and [[Callias]]), hired men to kill his father, since he gave his favour to their sister [[Hyrnetho]] and her husband Deiphontes. When this was discovered, the people gave the throne to Deiphontes and Hyrnetho.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.8.5</ref>
+== Notes ==
-{{wikisource|Odyssey/Book XII}}
+{{Portal|Ancient Greece|Myths|}}{{reflist}}
+== References ==
-{{Characters in the Odyssey}}
-{{SmithDGRBM}}
+* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
-[[Category:Greek mythology]]
+*[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
-[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
+* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
+*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
+*Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
+*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+*[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
+* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+{{SmithDGRBM|title=Agelaus|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0001.001/82?rgn=full+text;view=image;q1=agelaus}}
-{{Greek-myth-stub}}
+==External links==
-[[it:Agelao]]
+* {{wikisource-inline|Odyssey/Book XII}}
-[[pt:Agelau]]
-[[ru:Агелай]]
+{{Characters in the Odyssey}}{{Greek myth index}}
+[[Category:Children of Heracles]]
+[[Category:Achaeans (Homer)]]
+[[Category:Trojans]]
+[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
+[[Category:Suitors of Penelope]]
+[[Category:Mythology of Dionysus]]
+[[Category:Arcadian mythology]]

v t e Characters in the Odyssey
House of Odysseus	Penelope (wife) Telemachus (son) Ctimene (sister) Anticlea (mother) Laertes (father of Odysseus) (father) Autolycus (grandfather) Eurycleia (chief servant) Mentor (advisor) Phemius (musician) Eumaeus (swineherd) Philoetius (cowherd) Melanthius (goatherd) Melantho (maid) Medon (herald) Argos (pet dog)
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Gods	Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe Helios Hermes Leucothea (Ino) Poseidon Zeus Oceanus Old Man of the Sea
Suitors	Agelaus Amphimedon Amphinomus Antinous Ctesippus Demoptolemus Eurymachus Leodes Perimedes
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