Last-named among the nine legitimate sons Electryon begot upon Anaxo at Mycenae — slain with his brothers when they met the sons of Pterelaus defending the stolen cattle, before Amphitryon ransomed the herds and the accidental death of Electryon opened the throne to Sthenelus.1
In Apollodorus' catalogue of Electryon's house Archelaus stands last among the nine sons born to Anaxo — after Stratobates, Gorgophonus, Phylonomus, Celaeneus, Amphimachus, Lysinomus, Chirimachus, and Anactor. Their sister Alcmena alone among the children would carry the line forward.2
The Taphian raid ended the male legitimate line at a stroke: Electryon's sons challenged the sons of Pterelaus and the two broods slew one another. Only Licymnius, Electryon's bastard by the Phrygian Midea, survived among the king's sons — and through Alcmena the daughter, the Perseid line passed toward Heracles.3
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