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Archelaus (; ; fl. 5th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Anaxagoras, and may have been a teacher of Socrates. He asserted that the principle of motion was the separation of hot from cold, from which he endeavoured to explain the formation of the Earth and the creation of animals and humans.
Archelaus (; fl. during the latter half of the second century BC and first half of first century BC, died by 63 BC) was a leading military general of the King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Archelaus was the greatest general that had served under Mithridates VI and was also his favorite general.
Archelaus (, Archelaos) is a drama written and performed in Macedonia by Euripides honouring Archelaus I of Macedon on a par with king Caranus. There is no doubt that Euripides transformed Caranus to Archelaus (meaning "leader of the people") in the play, in an attempt to please Archelaus I of Macedon. In the play, Archelaus son of Temenus was exiled from Argos by his brothers and went to Thrace, to king Cisseus who happened to be at war with neighbouring people and promised Archelaus his kingdom and daughter if he could protect him against the enemies. Archelaus did it and went to ask the king for his promised reward. The king however broke his promise and decided to kill Archelaus by treachery. He therefore gave orders to prepare a pitfall to trap him. But a slave of the king told Archelaus about the plot and the hero asked for a secret interview with the king: when alone he threw him inside the pitfall. He then fled to Macedonia, led by a goat, according to some command of Apollo, and founded the city of Aigai after the goat.
From the main play only fragments have been saved. The works Alcmene, Temenus, Temenidai and Archelaus were part of the Macedonian tetralogy of Euripides.
Archelaus was a Macedonian phrourarch of Tyre appointed by Perdiccas or Alexander in 323-321 BC. Perdiccas had left 800 talents with him in 321 BC for safe keeping, which he turned over to Attalus (son of Andromenes) after Perdiccas' death along with the affairs of the city.
Archelaus was the Macedonian phrourarch of the Bactrian rock called Aornos in 326 BC.
Archelaus (; fl. 1st century BC, died January/February 55 BC) was a high priest of the temple-state of Comana, Cappadocia.
Archelaus (; fl. 1st century BC) was a High priest of the temple-state of Comana, Cappadocia.