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Alcathous
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Alcathous

Alcathous (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκάθοος, romanized: Alkathoos, lit. 'one who runs with might' or 'swift and strong') was the name of several people in Greek mythology:

Alcathous, a Calydonian prince as the son of King Porthaon and Euryte, daughter of Hippodamas. He was the brother of Oeneus (successor of Porthaon), Agrius, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope. Alcathous was the second suitor of Hippodamia, and thus slain by her father Oenomaus like the other suitors except Pelops.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1285660.