The name Archelaus may refer to:
Historical Persons
- Archelaus (philosopher), pupil of Anaxagoras, 5th century BC
- Archelaus I of Macedon, reigned 413-399 BC
- Archelaus of Chersonesus in Egypt, Hellenistic Greek poet, flourished 125 BC
- Archelaus (general), fought in the First and Third Mithridatic Wars (1st century BC)
- Archelaus of Cappadocia, reigned 36 BC-AD 17
- Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, 4 BC-6 AD
- Archelaus of Sparta, son of Agesilaus
Mythological Persons
- Archelaus, son of Heracles
- Archelaus, son Electryon and Anaxo. Archelaus (Ἀρχέλαος a Greek Natural philosopher of the 5th century BCE was a pupil of Anaxagoras, and said by some to have been a teacher of Archelaus I ( Greek: Άρχέλαος Α΄ was king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC following the death of Perdiccas II. Archelaus ( Flourished 2nd century BC to 1st century BC) was a general of Mithridates VI of Pontus in the First Mithridatic War. Archelaus IV (in Greek ο Αρχέλαος, flourished 1st century BC & 1st century died 17 was the last King of Cappadocia. Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c 18 AD was the Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Edom from 4 BC to 6 AD Agesilaus I ( Gr) son of Doryssus, was the sixth king of the Agiad line at Sparta, excluding Aristodemus. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or In Greek mythology, Electryon was the son of Perseus and Andromeda, and king of Mycenae. In Greek mythology, Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus and either Astydamia, daughter of Pelops or Laonome, daughter of Guneus, He was killed by the sons of Pterelaus, who were reclaiming the kingdom of their ancestor Nestor. The name Pterelaus is attributed to two individuals in Greek mythology.
- Archelaus, son of Aegyptus. In Greek mythology, Αἴγυπτος/Aígyptos, usually Latinized as Aegyptus, in Greek ("supine goat" descendant of the Heifer He was killed by his wife, Anaxibia, daughter of Danaus. Anaxibia ( Ancient Greek:) is the name of five characters in Greek mythology. Danaus, or Danaos ("sleeper" Greek Δαναός) was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe
- Archelaus, son of Temenus (son of Heracles). In Greek mythology, Temenus was a son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Aristodemus. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or Driven into exile by his brothers, he was promised the kingdom of king Cisseus of Macedonia, along with the hand in marriage of his daughter. In Greek mythology, Cisseus was a Thracian king and father of Theano, the wife of Antenor, as related in Homer 's Iliad. Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most He was, however, betrayed and murdered by the king.
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