Alcidice

{{Short description|Greek mythological figure}}

Alcidice (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιδίκη) was, in Greek mythology, an Arcadian princess as the daughter of King Aleus.{{cite encyclopedia|last=Schmitz |first=Leonhard |title=Alcidice |editor=William Smith |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |volume=1 |pages=101 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=Boston |year=1867 |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0110.html |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622131637/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0110.html |archivedate=2008-06-22 }} She married Salmoneus, king of Elis, and bore a daughter, Tyro. After her death, Salmoneus married Sidero.Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.1 4.68.1]–[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.2 2]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alcidice 1.9.8]

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References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
  • Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
  • Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

Category:Princesses in Greek mythology

Category:Queens in Greek mythology

Category:Mythological Arcadians

Category:Elean mythology

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