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Alexida

In Greek mythology, Alexida was a daughter of Amphiaraus, from whom the Elasioi (Ἐλάσιοι), i. e. the averters of epileptic fits) were believed to be descended.

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In Greek mythology, Alexida (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξίδη) was a daughter of Amphiaraus, from whom the Elasioi (Ἐλάσιοι), i. e. the averters of epileptic fits) were believed to be descended.¹²

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Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 23
Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexida". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexicles". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.