Argalus

King of Sparta

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

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] In 1320 BC, he founded Acriae.^[12]

Regnal titles
Preceded by Amyclas	King of Sparta ? - ? BC	Succeeded by Cynortas

Notes

^ 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
^ "Chapter 28 - Bronze Age History of Laconia". www.actv.ne.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-27.

References

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.