Archemorus
Archemorus, ī, m. (Ἀρχέμορος), eig. Opheltes, Sohn des nemëischen Königs Lykurgus, von seiner Wärterin Hypsipyle, als sie den gegen Theben ziehen den Sieben eine Quelle zeigen wollte, unbewacht zurückgelassen u. von einem Drachen umgebracht, weshalb der Knabe von den Sieben Ἀρχέμορος (Vorgänger im Geschick) genannt u. ihm zu Ehren die nemëischen Spiele gestiftet wurden, Tert. cor. mil. 13. Auson. eglog. (V) 12, 3. p. 14 Schenkl u. ö. – Auch die Quelle od. der Fluß Largia, den die Wärterin zeigte, erhielt den Namen Archem. nach Stat. Theb. 4, 718 sq.
Archĕmŏrus, (16) ī, m. , fils de Lycurgue : Stat. Th. 4, 718.
Archemo'rus
(Ἀρχέμωρος), a son of the Nemean king Lycurgus, and Eurydice. His real name was Opheltes, which was said to have been changed into Archemorus, that is, "the Forerunner of death," on the following occasion. When the Seven heroes on their expedition against Thebes stopped at Nemea to take in water, the nurse of the child Opheltes, while shewing the way to the Seven, left the child alone. In the meantime, the child was killed by a dragon, and buried by the Seven. But as Amphiaraus saw in this accident an omen boding destruction to him and his companions, they called the child Archemorus, and instituted the Nemean games in honour of him. (Apollod. 3.6.4.) [L.S]
Archemorus
- (See Opheltes)
- sufferings of: Paus. 8.48.2