Alcimenes

Alcimenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιμένης) can refer to a number of people in Greek mythology and history:

Mythology

• Alcimenes, a son of Glaucus, who was unintentionally killed by his brother Bellerophon. According to some traditions, this brother of Bellerophon was called Deliades, or Peiren.[1]
• Alcimedes, one of the sons of Jason and Medea. When Jason subsequently wanted to marry Glauce, his sons Alcimenes and Tisander were murdered by Medea, and were afterwards buried by Jason in the sanctuary of Hera at Corinth.[2][3]

History

• Alcimenes, an Athenian comic poet, apparently a contemporary of Aeschylus. One of his pieces is supposed to have been titled "The Female Swimmers" (Κολυμβῶσαι). His works were greatly admired by Tynnichus, a younger contemporary of Aeschylus.
• Alcimenes, a tragic writer who was a native of Megara, mentioned in the Suda.[4][5][6]

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.3.1
2. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.54.55
3. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alcimenes 1-2". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 102. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.
4. Augustus Meineke, Hist. Crit. Comicorum Graec. p. 481
5. Suda, s.v. Ἀλκιμένης and Ἀλκμάν
6. Mason, Charles Peter (1867). "Alcimenes 3". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 102. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcemines". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. vol 1, page 101

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