Alcimedon
Alcimedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιμέδων) can refer to a number of people in Greek mythology and history:
Alcimedon, an Arcadian hero, from whom the Arcadian plain Alcimedon derived its name. He had a daughter named Phialo, by whom Heracles had a son, Aechmagoras, whom Alcimedon exposed, but Heracles saved.
Alcimedon, one of the Tyrrhenian sailors, who wanted to carry off the infant Dionysus from Naxos, but was metamorphosed, with his companions, into a dolphin.
Alcimedon, a son of Laerceus, and one of the commanders of the Myrmidons under Patroclus.
Alcimedon, an embosser or chaser, spoken of by Virgil, who mentions some goblets of his workmanship.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.