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.
Argalus | |
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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 |
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]