#archemorus

• Archemorus — The mythological name of Opheltes, son of King Lycurgus of Nemea, renamed Archemorus ('The Forerunner of Death' or 'The Beginning of Doom') by the Seven against Thebes after being ritualistically killed by a serpent while his nurse was guiding the heroes to a spring. In a structural-historical sense, his tragic death represents the founding myth of the Nemean Games, instituted as funeral games in his honor to atone for this ill-omened event.