Archelaus (son of Aegyptus)
Archelaos ( ancient Greek Ἀρχέλαος Archelaos ) is in the Greek mythology one of the 50 children of Aigyptos , the twin brother of Danaus . His mother came from Phenicia and had six other sons with Aigyptus: Agaptolemus , Kerketes , Eurydamas , Aigios , Argios and Menemachos .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aigyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned to Anaxibia , the daughter of an Ethiopian mother, as the wife. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Archelaos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 471 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Archelaos 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 446.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.