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Alcimus (from Alkimos, "valiant" or Hebrew אליקום Elyaqum, "God will rise"), also called Jacimus, or Joachim , was a High Priest of Israel for three years, 162–159 BCE, who espoused the Syrian cause.
Alcimus was a Greek rhetorician who flourished around 300 BC. He was called by Diogenes Laërtius the most distinguished of all Greek rhetoricians. It is not certain whether he is the same as the Alcimus to whom Diogenes in another passage ascribes a work called Pros Amuntan . Athenaeus in several places speaks of a Sicilian Alcimus, who appears to have been the author of a great historical work, parts of which are referred to under the names of Italica and Sicelica . But whether he was the same as the rhetorician Alcimus, cannot be determined.
Alcimus may refer to a number of people from classical history:
- Alcimus (mythology), name of several figures in Greek mythology
- Alcimus (rhetorician), Greek rhetorician of the 3rd century BC
- Alcimus, high priest in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC
- Alcimus Alethius, 4th-century Latin poet
- Avitus of Vienne (died 523), bishop, also known as Saint Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus
- Alcimus (genus), genus of insects
In Greek mythology, the name Alcimus may refer to:
- Alcimus, a companion of Achilles; he and Automedon were the two most favored by Achilles after Patroclus' death. Possibly the same as the Alcimus killed by Deiphobus.
- Alcimus, one of the sons of Hippocoon. He had a heroon in Sparta.
- Alcimus, father of Mentor.
- Alcimus, a son of Neleus.