In Greek mythology, Archebates (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχεβάτην) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman.

Mythology

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Archebates and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Archebates was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]

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  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  2. ^ Pausanias, 8.17.6
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.8.1

References

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  • 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.