Alcetas (disambiguation)
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Alcetas ,Alcetes or Alketas (Greek:Αλκέτας) may refer to:
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[edit] Ancient period
- Alcetas I of Macedon (576-547 BC)
- Alcetas II of Macedon 454 - 448 BC
- Alcetas (Spartan Harmost) in the euboean city of Oreus,~390 BC[1]
- Alcetas I of Epirus early 4th c.BC
- Alcetas II of Epirus late 4th c.BC
- Alcetas(son of Orontes) late 4th c.BC Macedonian officer
- Alcetas (Boetian Strategos) 187 BC[2]
- Alcetas (son of Lattamus) Thessalian athlete from Kierion (modern Sofades) Winner in Tethrippon,Larissa 80 BC[3]
- Alcetas ,author of a work On the offerings (Anathemata) in Delphi, of which Athenaeus quotes the second book of him[4]
[edit] Etymology
Alketes, Alcetes: Brave, strong,from greek Alke, strength, courage.[5]
[edit] Modern period
- Alketas Panagoulias (b.1934) ,Macedonian (Greek) Footballer and Coach
- Alketas of Alexandreia ,Macedonian (Greek) Athletic Team
- Alketas Malioukis ,Greek Marketing Consultant
[edit] References
- ^ Xenophon, Hellenica-Ε 4.56
- ^ Polybius-ΧΧΙΙ,4,13
- ^ Thessalia (Pelasgiotis) — Larisa —Epigraphical Database
- ^ The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned by Charles Duke Yonge-(xiii 59)
- ^ Etymologica.com-LSJ
