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'''Alcathous''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|k|æ|θ|oʊ-||ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀλκάθοος) was the name of several people in [[Greek mythology]]:
* Alcathous, a [[Calydon]]ian prince as the son of King [[Porthaon]] and [[Euryte]], daughter of [[Hippodamas (Greek mythology)|Hippodamas]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.7.10 & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.8.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alcathous 1.8.5]</ref> He was the brother of [[Oeneus]] (successor of Porthaon), [[Agrius of Calydon|Agrius]], [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]], [[Leucopeus]], and [[Sterope]]. Alcathous was the second suitor of [[Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus)|Hippodamia]], and thus slain by her father [[Oenomaus]] like the other suitors except [[Pelops]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 6.20.17 & 6.21.10</ref>
* Alcathous, possible son of Agrius who together with his brother [[Lycopeus]], died at the hands of his cousin, [[Tydeus]] who went then into exile to [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.65.2</ref>
*[[Alcathous of Elis|Alcathous]], son of Pelops, who killed the [[Lion of Cithaeron|Cithaeronian lion]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia|year=1867 |title=Alcathous (1) |encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=Boston |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0106.html |last=Smith |first=William |authorlink=William Smith (lexicographer) |volume=1 |pages=97–98 |editor=[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907125953/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0106.html |archivedate=2007-09-07 }}</ref>
* Alcathous, one of the guardians of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]]. He was killed by [[Amphiaraus]] during the war of the [[Seven against Thebes]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 7.718</ref>
* Alcathous, a Trojan soldier in the company of [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] and [[Agenor (mythology)|Agenor]]. He was son of [[Aesyetes]] and husband of [[Hippodamia (mythology)|Hippodamia]], sister of Aeneas.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 13.429</ref><ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]] s. v</ref> Alcathous' mother may be [[Cleomestra]], daughter of [[Tros (mythology)|Tros]], and thus, brother to [[Antenor (mythology)|Antenor]] and [[Assaracus]]. Alcathous was slain by [[Idomeneus]], king of [[Crete]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 12.93 & 13.427 ff.</ref>
* Alcathous, another [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior, killed by [[Achilles]] in the [[Trojan War]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 3.158</ref>
* Alcathous, one of the companions of [[Aeneas]]. He was killed by [[Caedicus]], one of the warriors of [[Turnus]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 10.747</ref>
* Alcathous, another, otherwise unknown personage of this name is mentioned by Virgil.

== See also ==
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*[[2241 Alcathous]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', [[Thebaid (Latin poem)|The Thebaid]]'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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