A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἄλκιθος), sent as ambassador by the Achaeans to Ptolemy Philometor, B. C. 169, when they heard that the Anacleteria (see Dict. of Ant. s. v.) were to be celebrated in his honour. (Plb. 28.10, 16.)