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Architeles

Architeles was the name of several people from ancient Greek mythology:Architeles, father of Eunomus, whom Heracles killed by accident on his visit to Architeles. The father forgave Heracles, but Heracles nevertheless went into voluntary exile. Architeles, a son of Achaeus and Automate, and brother of Archander, together with whom he carried on a war against the king Lamedon. He married a woman also named Automate, who was the daughter of Danaus.

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Architeles (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχιτέλης) was the name of several people from ancient Greek mythology:

  • Architeles, father of Eunomus, whom Heracles killed by accident on his visit to Architeles. The father forgave Heracles, but Heracles nevertheless went into voluntary exile.123
  • Architeles, a son of Achaeus and Automate, and brother of Archander, together with whom he carried on a war against the king Lamedon.4 He married a woman also named Automate, who was the daughter of Danaus.5
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  1. Apollodorus, 2.7.6
  2. Diodorus Siculus, 4.36, who calls the boy "Eurynomus"
  3. Athenaeus, 9.410
  4. Pausanias, 2.6.2
  5. Pausanias, 7.1.3
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Architeles". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 273.