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Alcathous

[ al-kath-oh-uhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
  2. (in the Iliad ) a Trojan chieftain slain by Idomeneus.

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Idomeneus slays Alcathous, over whose body a sharp contest ensues.

The Megarensian maidens presented them to Sphinoe, daughter of Alcathous, who died a virgin.

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