Alexida

{{Short description|Ancient Greek mythological figure}}

In Greek mythology, Alexida (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξίδη) was a daughter of Amphiaraus, from whom certain divinities called Elasii (in Greek, Elasioi or {{lang|grc|Ἐλάσιοι}}, i. e. the averters of epileptic fits) were believed to be descended.Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Quaes.+Gr.+23&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0216:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alexida 23]{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | title = Alexicles | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 128 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=143}}