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	Alcaeus may refer to several ancient Greek figures, notably: 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 Hipponome, the daughter of Menoeceus of Thebes, Greece, by whom he became the father of Amphitryon and Anaxo.... , the son of Perseus and the father of Amphitryon Alcaeus of Mytilene, a lyric poet of the archaic period Alcaeus of Messene Alcaeus of Messene Alcaeus* of Messene was the 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 century BC/early 2nd century BC.... , a Greek epigram Epigram An Epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the "to write on - inscribe", the literary device has been employed for over two millennia.... matist of the late 3rd 3rd century BC The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.... /early 2nd century BC Alcaeus, an Epicurean Epicureanism Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus , founded around 307 BC. Epicurus was an atomism materialism, following in the steps of Democritus.... philosopher who was expelled from Rome by a decree of the senate Roman Senate The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government.... about 173 173 BC Events... or 154 BC. Alcaeus, incidentally spoken of by Polybius Polybius Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC.... as habitually ridiculing the grammarian Isocrates. It is possible that this and the above, of whom nothing further is known, may have been identical with each other, and with the Alcaeus of Messene. Alcaeus, mentioned in the Suda Suda The Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine Empire Medieval Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world. It is an Encyclopedia lexicon with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers.... as a writer of ten plays of the Old Comedy. In 388 BC, his play Pasiphae was awarded the fifth (i.e. last) place prize. Titles and fragments of seven other plays still exist, and suggest that he worked mainly in mythological subjects. Alcaeus, the original name of Heracles Heracles In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus.... , according to Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus , was a Roman Greece historian who flourished in the 1st century BC. According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agira in Sicily .... .