Alcæus

Role: father of Amphitryon · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 20

In Book 7, Chapter 20, Alcæus is mentioned in connection with Hermes and Apollo: he wrote a hymn about Hermes in which, as the account says, “Alcæus has shown that Apollo rejoices especially in oxen.” In Book 8, Chapter 14, Alcæus is named as the father of Amphitryon, who was “the son of Alcæus by Laonome.”

Relationship record

Book 7 · Chapter 20

• with Hermes (Alcæus wrote a hymn about Hermes.) “Alcæus has shown that Apollo rejoices especially in oxen in the Hymn that he wrote about Hermes”
• with Apollo (Alcæus wrote about Apollo's preference for oxen.) “Alcæus has shown that Apollo rejoices especially in oxen”

Book 8 · Chapter 14

• child: Amphitryon “Amphitryon was the son of Alcæus by Laonome”

Book 10 · Chapter 8

• with Apollo (Alcæus represented the water's origin in his Prelude to Apollo.) “Alcæus indeed so represents it in his Prelude to Apollo”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.