Alcaeus, the original name of
Heracles (according to
Diodorus Siculus), which was given to him on account of his descent from Alcaeus, the son of Perseus mentioned above.[3]
Alcaeus, a
Cretan general of
Rhadamanthus, according to
Diodorus Siculus, who presented him with the island of
Paros.[7] The Bibliotheca relates that he was a son of
Androgeus (the son of
Minos and
Pasiphaë) and brother of
Sthenelus, and that when
Heracles, on his expedition to fetch the girdle of
Ares, which was in the possession of the queen of the
Amazons, arrived at Paros, some of his companions were slain by the sons of Minos. Heracles, in his anger, slew all the descendants of Minos except Alcaeus and Sthenelus, whom he took with him, and to whom he afterwards gave the island of Thasus as their home.[8]
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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Alcaeus, the original name of
Heracles (according to
Diodorus Siculus), which was given to him on account of his descent from Alcaeus, the son of Perseus mentioned above.[3]
Alcaeus, a
Cretan general of
Rhadamanthus, according to
Diodorus Siculus, who presented him with the island of
Paros.[7] The Bibliotheca relates that he was a son of
Androgeus (the son of
Minos and
Pasiphaë) and brother of
Sthenelus, and that when
Heracles, on his expedition to fetch the girdle of
Ares, which was in the possession of the queen of the
Amazons, arrived at Paros, some of his companions were slain by the sons of Minos. Heracles, in his anger, slew all the descendants of Minos except Alcaeus and Sthenelus, whom he took with him, and to whom he afterwards gave the island of Thasus as their home.[8]
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.