Alkandros (son of Trophonios)
Alkandros ( ancient Greek Ἄλκανδρος ) is a person in Greek mythology who appears in various places in connection with healing gods.
In Lebadeia he is considered the son of the hero Trophonios , the builder of the oracle temple at Delphi . In Sparta he appears in association with Athene Optiletis , who is identified with the goddess of health Hygieia . There is a narrated myth associated with that of the legendary Lycurgus legislature . Alkandros fights with Lycurgus and knocks out his eye. Lykurgos can save his life and donates a temple for Athena in thanks. He showed indulgence towards Alkandros, who had been handed over to him by the people.
As the grandson of Asclepius , Alexanor founds Asclepius' cult in Titane and a hero named Alkon with a similar function is known in Athens , both of whom can possibly be identified with Alkandros.
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Alkandros 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 231 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Alkandros 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1508.
Remarks
- ↑ Charax in the Scholion to Aristophanes The clouds 508.
- ↑ Plutarch Lykurgos 6; 11; Apophthegmata laconica
- ↑ Pausanias 3:18 , 2.
- ↑ Konrad Wernicke: Alkandros 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity .