Alcimedon

Al·cim·e·don

[al-sim-i-don]
noun Classical Mythology.
1.
an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
2.
(in the Iliad ) a son of Laerces who was a captain of the Myrmidons under Patroclus.
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