Figure Greek and Roman
Alcaeus
Ἀλκαῖος grc
Son of Perseus in Greek mythology
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Life
One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
As the records give them: every row is a third party’s statement, not a self-description, and a role or an affiliation is often held for one period of a life only. An affiliation is not a belief, and this site does not ask anyone about theirs. For an office: which one, for how long, and where the records give an ordinal or the holders either side. Recognition of a tenure is never universal: contested lines appear as overlapping tenures rather than as one corrected sequence.
- Dates unrecorded king in Greek mythology
Family
The family of Alcaeus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 17
Kinship in an account 2
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 15
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Andromeda Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology -
child of (father) Perseus legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa -
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parent of (father) Amphitryon figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcmene - parent of (child) Anaxo daughter of Alcaeus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Perimede daughter of Alcaeus in Greek mythology
- sibling of Cynurus mythical son of Perseus
- sibling of Electryon son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- sibling of Erythras king in Greek mythology, son of Perseus
- sibling of Gorgophone daughter of Perseus and Andromeda in Greek mythology
- sibling of Mestor son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- sibling of Perses son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- sibling of Sthenelus son of Perseus
- married to Astydameia daughter of Pelops
- married to Hipponome daughter of Menoeceus in Greek mythology
- married to Laonome mythical, daughter of Guneus
Connections
How Alcaeus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
17 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 14 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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