Alcimenes (/ælˈsɪməniːz/,Ancient Greek:Ἀλκιμένης) can refer to a number of people inGreek mythology and history:

Mythology

• Alcimenes, aBoeotian prince as the son of KingGlaucus ofPotniae^[1] and possibly,Eurymede orEurynome,^[2] daughter of KingNisus ofMegara. He was unintentionally killed by his own brotherBellerophon. According to some traditions, he was calledDeliades orPeiren.^[3]
• Alcimedes, one of the sons ofJason andMedea. When Jason subsequently wanted to marryGlauce, his sons Alcimenes andTisander were murdered by Medea, and were afterwards buried by Jason in the sanctuary ofHera atCorinth.^[4][5]

History

• Alcimenes, anAthenian comic poet, apparently a contemporary ofAeschylus. 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 ofMegara, mentioned in theSuda.^[6][7][8]

• 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Diodorus Siculus,The Library of History translated byCharles 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.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod,Catalogue of Women fromHomeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914.Online version at theio.com
• Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcemines". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. vol 1, page 101
• Suida,Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.Online version at the Topos Text Project.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcimenes".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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