Alcimache

In Greek mythology, the name Alcimache (Ancient Greek: Ἁλκιμάχη) may refer to:

• Alcimache, daughter of Aeacus and the mother of Medon by Oileus.[1] Alternately, Alcimache was a daughter of Phylacus and mother of Ajax the Lesser, and on that account was equated with Eriopis by the author of Naupactica.[2]
• Alcimache or Alcimacheia, daughter of Harpalion, a Maenadic follower of Dionysus; she participated in the god's Indian campaign and was killed by Morrheus.[3]
• Alcimache, a surname of Athena.[4][5]

Notes

1. Scholia on Iliad, 13. 694
2. Scholia on Iliad, 15. 333 & 336
3. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 28.330; 30.192 & 210
4. Suda s. v. Alkimakhē
5. Anthologia Palatina 6. 124

References

• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.