In Greek tradition, Archias of Corinth (Ancient Greek Ἀρχίας) is the aristocrat whom the Delphic oracle sent to found Syracuse on Ortygia in the eighth century BCE. Ancient narratives bind his exile to the death of Actaeon son of Melissus and to foundation oracles that pair him with Myscellus of Croton.
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I.Founder of Syracuse
Around 756 or 733 BCE Archias leads Corinthian colonists to Sicily and founds Syracuse. Pausanias' oracle names Ortygia, where Alpheius mingles with Arethusa's spring. Another tradition has Delphi offer Archias and Myscellus a choice between wealth and health: Archias chooses wealth (Syracuse), Myscellus health (Croton).
Plutarch ties the exile to Actaeon's death: Archias tries to abduct the youth from Melissus' house; in the struggle Actaeon dies, Melissus curses Corinth and kills himself, plague follows, and Delphi orders Archias abroad. He is said to have daughters at Syracuse and later to die at the hands of a lover Telephos.
II.Homonym care
The atlas id archias-syracuse is the Corinthian oikist. He is not Archias who brought Asclepius' cult to Pergamus, nor the Thurian agent of Antipater.