Alcimede

A daughter of Phylacus and Clymene, a daughter of Minyas.1 She married Aeson, by whom she became the mother of Jason,2 who, however, is called by others a son of Polymede, Arne, or Scarphe.3

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References

Notes

  1. Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica i, 45; Scholiast ad loc. and ad i, 230.
  2. Ovid. Heroides iv, 105; Hyginus. Fabulae, 13 and 14.
  3. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 9.8; comp. Aeson, Jason.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.