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{{Other uses|Agelaus of Naupactus}}
{{short description|Set of various people in Greek mythology}}

'''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]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 35.382</ref>
*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>
*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]] prince 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 ==
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== References ==

* [[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].
*[[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]
* [[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].

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==External links==
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