(), an Achaean who served in the Carthaginian
garrison at Lilybaeum while it was besieged by the Romans in B. C.
250. During this siege some of the Gallic mercenaries engaged in the service of the
Carthaginians formed the plan of betraying the fortress into the hands of the Romans. But
Alexon, who had on a former occasion saved the town of Agrigentum from a similar attempt of
treacherous mercenaries, now acted in the same faithful spirit, and gave information of the
plot to the Carthaginian commander Himilco. He also assisted him in inducing the mercenaries
to remain faithful and resist the temptations offered by their comrades. (Plb. 1.43, 2.7.)