| Argalus | |
|---|---|
King of Sparta | |
| Member of the Spartan Royal Family | |
| Predecessor | Amyclas |
| Successor | Cynortas |
| Abode | Sparta |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Amyclas and Diomede |
| Siblings | Cynortas, Hyacinth, Laodamia (or Leanira), Harpalus, Hegesandre and ?Polyboea half-sister by Amyclas: ?Daphne |
| Children | Oebalus |
In Greek mythology, King Argalus (Ancient Greek: Ἄργαλος) was a leader of the Lacedaemonid Greeks from the age of legend, now treated as being the Bronze Age in Greece.
Mythology[edit]
Argalus was the eldest son and heir of King Amyklas of Sparta,[1] possibly by his wife, Diomede, daughter of Lapithes.[2] Through this parentage, he was considered to be the brother of King Cynortes (his successor),[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Polyboea,[5] Laodamia[6] (or Leanira[7]), Harpalus,[8] Hegesandre,[9] and in other versions, of Daphne.[10] Argalus was also said to be the father of King Oebalus.[11]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
- ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
- ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 1.9
References[edit]
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
