Alcimus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, the name Alcimus or Alkimos (Ancient Greek: Ἄλκιμος) may refer to:

• Alcimus, a companion of Achilles; he and Automedon were the two most favored by Achilles after Patroclus' death.^[1] Possibly the same as the Alcimus killed by Deiphobus.^[2]
• Alcimus, one of the sons of Hippocoon. He had a heroon in Sparta.^[3]
• Alcimus, father of Mentor (Odyssey).^[4]
• Alcimus, son of Neleus.^[5]
• Alkimos, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.^[6] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. Along with the Ithacan king and six others namely: Lycaon, Amphialos, Amphidamas, Antilochus and Eurylochos, Alcimus survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.^[7]

See also

• 12714 Alkimos, Jovian asteroid

References

• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

Notes and References

1. [Homer]
2. [Quintus Smyrnaeus]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Homer, Odyssey 22.235
5. [Scholia]
6. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 141, 9.141. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
7. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 141, 9.135–140. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.