Harpalus

Harpalos ( Greek  Ἅρπαλος "the lovely one", Latinized Harpalus ) is:

• Harpalus (Macedonian) , son of Machatas, a childhood friend and confidante of Alexander the great
• Harpalus (general) , Macedonian general and envoy of King Perseus of Macedonia to Eumenes II of Pergamon
• Harpalos (astronomer) , Greek astronomer who is said to have determined the length of the year to be 365 days 13 hours
• in Greek mythology a son of Amyklas and king of Sparta, see Argalos
• a dog of the Aktaion

See also:

• Harpalus (moon crater) , named after the Greek astronomer
• Harpalus (genus) , a genus of the ground beetle family (Carabidae)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.