Alcimedon

Alcĭmĕdon, ontis, m.,

• the name of an artist in wood-carving, of whom nothing more is known; perh. contemporary with Vergil, Verg. E. 3, 37 and 44: ubi v. Wagn.

Alcimedōn, dontis, m. (Ἀλκιμέδων), Name eines sonst unbekannten Toreuten, Verg. ecl. 3, 37 (Nomin.) u. 44 (Genet.).

Alcĭmĕdōn, (15) ontis, m. , nom dʼhomme : Virg. B. 3, 37.

Alci'medon

(Ἀλκιμέδων).

1. An Areadian hero, from whom the Arcadian plain Aleimedon derived its name. He was the father of Phillo, by whom Heracles begot a son, Aechmagoras, whom Alcimedon exposed, but Heracles saved. (Paus. 8.12.2.) [Aechmagoras.

Alci'medon

2. One of the Tyrrhenian sailors, who wanted to carry off the infant Dionysus from Naxos, but was metamorphosed, with his companions, into a dolphin. (Ov. Met. 3.618; Hyg. Fab. 134 ; comp. Acoetes.)

Alci'medon

3. A son of Laerceus, and one of the commanders of the Myrmidons under Patroclus. (Hom. Il. 16.197, 17.475, &c.) [L.S]

Alci'medon

an embosser or chaser, spoken of by Virgil (Eclog. 3.37, 44), who mentions some goblets of his workmanship. [C.P.M]

Alcimedon Alcimedon, a hero

• father of Phialo: Paus. 8.12.2ff.

Alcimedon(2), plain near Mantinea

• Paus. 8.12.2