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)