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👤 Alcimedon (Myrmidon)

  • This character appears twice in the Iliad, with variant forms: he is 'Alcimedon' in 16.193-7 and 'Alcimos' in 17.467.
  • Alternative names
    Alcimos
    Information
    son of Laerces, leader of the Myrmidon contingent at Troy
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/1910
    Son of
    👤 Laerces (Phthian)
    Leader of
    👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)
    Belongs to
    👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy  👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)
    Related Entities
    👤 Achilles  👤 Balios (horse)  👤 Zeus  👤 Hector (Trojan)  👤 Phoinix (Dolopian)  👤 Priam  👤 Menesthios (s. of Spercheios)  👤 Thetis  👤 Xanthos (horse)  👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)  🌍 Troy (Troad)  🌍 the Plain of Troy  🌍 the Beach of Troy  👤 Idaios (Trojan II)  👤 Automedon (charioteer)  👤 Eudoros  👤 Peisandros (Myrmidon)  👤 Laerces (Phthian)  🏛️ the Tent of Achilles (Troy)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Homer, Iliad 16.168-16.197 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.441-17.508 📖 Homer, Iliad 19.384-19.424 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.552-24.590
    Mentioned in Text
    Homer, Iliad
    Commentary
    This character appears twice in the Iliad, with variant forms: he is 'Alcimedon' in 16.193-7 and 'Alcimos' in 17.467.
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