Archelaus may refer to:
Historical persons
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Archelaus (poet), author of a long poem in iambics called "Περὶ τῆς ῾Ιερᾶς Τέχνης"
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Archelaus (geographer), author of a work on the countries visited by Alexander the Great
*Archelaus,
rhetorician mentioned by
Diogenes Laërtius (2.17)
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Archelaus of Sparta
Archelaus ( grc-gre, Ἀρχέλαος, ''Ἀrkhélaos''; reigned from c. 790 to c. 760 BC) was the 7th Agiad dynasty king of Sparta. He was a son of Agesilaus I. Together with Charilaus, he conquered Ancient Elis, Elis. During his reign he also c ...
(r. 790–760 BC), Agiad king of Sparta
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Archelaus (philosopher)
Archelaus (; el, Ἀρχέλαος; fl. 5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Anaxagoras, and may have been a teacher of Socrates. He asserted that the principle of motion was the separation of hot from cold, from which ...
(fl. 5th century BC), pupil of Anaxagoras
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Archelaus (son of Amyntas) (4th century BC), illegitimate son of Amyntas III of Macedon
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Archelaus I of Macedon
Archelaus I (; grc-gre, Ἀρχέλαος ) was a king of the kingdom of Macedonia from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the t ...
(r. 413–399 BC), king of Macedon
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Archelaus II of Macedon (r. 395–394 BC), king of Macedon
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Archelaus (son of Androcles) (fl. 321 BC), phrourarch of Aornus
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Archelaus (phrourarch) (fl. 326 BC), phrourarch of Tyre
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Archelaus of Priene (fl. c. 300 BC), an ancient Greek sculptor
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Archelaus Chersonesita (fl. 3rd century BC), Egyptian epigrammatist
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Archelaus (Pontic army officer)
Archelaus ( el, Ἀρχέλαος; fl. during the latter half of the second century BC and first half of first century BC, died by 63 BC) was a prominent Greek general who served under King Mithridates VI of Pontus in northern Anatolia and was als ...
(died 63 BC), general of Mithridates VI of Pontus
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Archelaus (high priest of Comana Cappadocia) (died 55 BC), priest of Bellona in Comana, Cappadocia
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Archelaus (father of Archelaus of Cappadocia) (fl. 55–47 BC), priest of Bellona in Comana, Cappadocia
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Archelaus of Cappadocia
Archelaus ( el, Ἀρχέλαος; fl. 1st century BC and 1st century, died 17 AD) was a Roman client prince and the last king of Cappadocia.
Family and early life
Archelaus was a Cappadocian Greek nobleman. His full name was ''Archelaus Sisin ...
(r. 36 BC – 17 AD), king of Cappadocia
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Herod Archelaus
Herod Archelaus (, ''Hērōidēs Archelaos''; 23 BC – ) was ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for a period of nine years (). He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samar ...
(23 BC – c. 18 AD), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, 4 BC – 6 AD
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Archelaus of Cilicia (died 38 AD), king of Cicilia Trachaea and Eastern Lycaonia from 17 AD
*Archelaus the deacon (died 235 AD), third-century saint martyred with
Quiriacus of Ostia
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Archelaus (bishop of Carrhae) (fl. 278 AD), bishop who held a public dispute with Manichaean heretics
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Archelaus (bishop of Caesarea) (fl. 5th century AD), bishop who wrote against the Messalian heresy
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Archelaus Tupper (died 1781) sergeant in the Vermont militia, the circumstances of whose death resulted in the secret armistice between the
Vermont Republic the British becoming publicly known
Mythical persons
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Archelaus (son of Temenus)
Archelaus ( grc, Ἀρχέλαος means "leading the people, chief") was in Greek mythology a son of Temenus, a Heraclid, who, when expelled by his brothers, fled to king Cisseus in Macedonia.
Cisseus promised him the succession to his throne ...
*Archelaus, son of
Heracles
Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptiv ...
*Archelaus, son of
Electryon In Greek mythology, Electryon (;Ancient Greek: Ἠλεκτρύων) was a king of Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis.
Family
Electryon was the son of Perseus and Andromeda and thus brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus ...
and Anaxo, killed by the sons of Pterelaus
*Archelaus, son of
Aegyptus. He was killed by his wife, Anaxibia, daughter of Danaus
Other
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''Archelaus'' (play) by Euripides
See also
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Arcesilaus (disambiguation), a name commonly transliterated as "Archelaus"
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