Alcaeus
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Alcaeus may refer to:
- Alcaeus (comic poet)Alcaeus (comic poet)Alcaeus, the son of Miccus, was an Athenian comic poet whose comedies marked the transition between Old Comedy and Middle Comedy. In 388 BC, his play Pasiphae was awarded the fifth place prize...
, a writer of ten plays of the Old Comedy. - Alcaeus (mythology)Alcaeus (mythology)In Greek mythology, Alcaeus or Alkaios was the name of a number of different people:*Alcaeus, a son of Perseus and Andromeda, and married to Astydameia, the daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia, by whom he became the father of Amphitryon, Anaxo and Perimede.*Alcaeus, the original name of Heracles ,...
, one of several figures of this name in Greek mythology - 12607 Alcaeus12607 Alcaeus12607 Alcaeus is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1578.7876893 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1960....
- a main belt asteroid - Alcaeus of MesseneAlcaeus of MesseneAlcaeus of Messene was the Greek author of a number of epigrams in the Greek Anthology, from some of which his date may be easily fixed at around the late 3rd/early 2nd century BC. He was contemporary with Philip V, king of Macedon and son of Demetrius II of Macedon, against whom several of his...
, a Greek epigrammatist of the late 3rd/early 2nd century BC - Alcaeus of Mytilene, a lyric poet of the archaic period
- Alcaeus and PhiliscusAlcaeus and PhiliscusAlcaeus and Philiscus were two Epicurean philosophers who were expelled from Rome in either 173 BC or 154 BC....
(2nd-century BC), two Epicurean philosophers expelled from Rome in either 173 BC or 154 BC.