Alkaios (Tiryns)
Alkaios ( Greek Ἀλκαῖος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Perseus and Andromeda and, following his father, King of Tiryns .
According to tradition , Alkaios married Astydameia , the daughter of Pelops , or Laonome , the daughter of Guneus , or Hipponome , the daughter of Menoikeus . With his wife he fathered Amphitryon and Anaxo .
With reference to Alkaios as his grandfather, Heracles is occasionally mentioned in Latin literature as Alcides (the alkides).
swell
- Library of Apollodorus 2, 49-50; 2, 52.
- Hesiod , Ehoien 135, 7; 190.7; 195, 26.
- Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 112.
Remarks
- ↑ So z. B. in Ovid , Metamorphoses 9,13 and Fasti 1,575.
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Alkaios 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 231 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Wentzel : Alkaios 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1498.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Perseus |
King of Tiryns 14th century BC BC (mythical chronology) |
Amphitryon |