Archelaus

Also known as: King Archelaus · Family: Mithridates' forces · Role: general · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2

In Book 1, Chapter 2, Euripides was buried in Macedonia after going to the court of King Archelaus. By Chapter 20, Archelaus was a general of Mithridates; after the Romans defeated Aristion, Archelaus fled with the barbarians to the Piræus.

In Book 3, Chapter 2, Archelaus was identified as the son of Agesilaus and the father of Teleclus. Charillus, king of the other family, assisted Archelaus against Ægys; the account also says the Lacedæmonians conquered Ægys and enslaved its people.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Romans defeated Aristion and pursued him, while Archelaus fled with the barbarians to the Piræus.(Book 1 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Piræus)
  • With: Aristion
  • “And in the battle that ensued the Romans were easily victorious, and pursued Aristion and the fleeing Athenians to the city, and Archelaus and the barbarians to the Piræus.”
• The Lacedæmonians conquered Ægys and enslaved its people.(Book 3 · Chapter 2 · 📍 Ægys)
  • “In his reign the Lacedæmonians conquered in war and enslaved one of the neighbouring cities called Ægys”

Book 1 · Chapter 2

• protégé: Euripides (Euripides went to Archelaus's court.) “Euripides was buried in Macedonia, having gone to the court of King Archelaus”

Book 1 · Chapter 20

• employer: Mithridates (Archelaus was Mithridates's general.) “Archelaus was the general of Mithridates”

Book 3 · Chapter 2

• parent: Agesilaus “And the son of Agesilaus was Archelaus.”
• with Charillus (Charillus assisted Archelaus militarily.) “Charillus, the king of the other family, assisted Archelaus against Ægys.”
• child: Teleclus “And the son of Archelaus was Teleclus.”

Book 4 · Chapter 4

• child: Teleclus “their king Teleclus, (the son of Archelaus, the son of Agesilaus, the son of Doryssus, the son of Labotas, the son of Echestratus, the son of Agis,) was slain”
• parent: Agesilaus “the son of Archelaus, the son of Agesilaus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.