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Alcimede

In Greek mythology, Alcimede may refer to the following women:Alcimede, daughter of Clymene and Phylacus. She was the mother of Jason by Aeson. Alcimede, mother of Phoenix by Amyntor, and possibly of Asydameia and Crantor. In some accounts, she was called Cleobule or Hippodameia.

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In Greek mythology, Alcimede (/ælˈsɪmɪd/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιμέδη means 'mighty cunning') may refer to the following women:

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  1. Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  2. Scholia on Apollonius, 1.45; on Homer, Odyssey 11.326
  3. Apollonius, 1.47; Valerius Flaccus, 1.297; Hyginus, Fabulae 3 & 13
  4. Palatine Anthology 3.3 (Paton, pp. 152–153)
  5. Apollodorus, 2.7.8
  6. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.355–392
  7. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 421; Gantz, p. 618
  8. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 432, pp. 41, Prologue 524. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  9. Scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.448; Gantz, p. 618
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