Agelaos (son of Oineus)
Agelaos ( ancient Greek Ἀγέλαος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Althaia and Oineus , the king of Kalydon . His brother is Meleagros .
When, after the hunt for the Calydonian boar, the Curetes lay claim to the head and skin of the animal, a fight with the Kalydonians ensues , in the course of which Agelaos is killed.
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Agelaos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 101 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Wilcken : Agelaos 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 770.
proof
- ↑ Nicandros in Antoninus Liberalis 2.