Archelaus

Proper noun

Meaning

Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.

A bishop of Mesopotamia under the emperor Probus, noted for his treatise on the Manichaean heresy dating to AD 277.

A sculptor from Priene during the reign of Claudius, most noted for an image of Homer reputed to have been found in 1658.

An Athenian or Milesian philosopher who was preceptor to Socrates, noted for the doctrine that heat and cold are the principles of all things.

Examples

Eventually he retired to the "rustic court" of King Archelaus in Macedonia, where he died in 406 BC. Source: Internet

Justin also mentions that Amyntas had three sons by another wife, Gygaea (probably and Argead): Archelaus, Arrhidaeus and Menelaus. Source: Internet

The mutual relationship between the Argeadae and the Aleuadae dates to the time of Archelaus. Source: Internet

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