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Alcimede

[ al-sim-i-dee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. the mother of Jason.


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Example Sentences

At Iolcus, in Thessaly, there once reigned a virtuous king, Æson, with his good wife, Alcimede.

Nor was Iphiclus long left behind in Phylace, the uncle of Aeson's son; for Aeson had wedded his sister Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus: his kinship with her bade him be numbered in the host.

Wretched Alcimede, evil has come to thee at last though late, thou hast not ended with splendour of life.

All the chiefs the dwellers thereabout called Minyae, for the most and the bravest avowed that they were sprung from the blood of the daughters of Minyas; thus Jason himself was the son of Alcimede who was born of Clymene the daughter of Minyas.

Wretched Alcimede, evil has come to thee at last though late, thou hast not ended with splendour of life.

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