Alkimos (King of Lydia)

Alkimos ( ancient Greek Ἄλκιμος ) is a mythical king of the Lydians .

It is handed down in the Byzantine Lexicon Suda , in which fragments of the four-volume history of Xanthos the Lydian are reproduced. Accordingly, he was a mild and wise king, under whom peace reigned in Lydia and the country prospered.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Alkimos 6 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 237 ( digitized version ).
• Konrad Wernicke : Alkimos 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Sp. 1542.

Remarks

1. ↑ Suda , keyword Ξάνθος , Adler number: xi 9 , Suda-Online