Alcander
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Apophthegmata Laconica
The Spartan who struck out Lycurgus's eye during a mutiny against his reforms, and whom Lycurgus, rather than punishing, won over as a friend and admirer of his laws.
only Alcander pursuing close struck him as he turned about, and beat out one eye.
Lycurgus
Hot-headed young man who struck out Lycurgus's eye during the riot over the common messes, then lived with him and was transformed.
but one young man, Alcander, otherwise no mean nature, but hasty and passionate, pressed hard upon him, and as he turned about, smote him with his staff and put out one of his eyes.
Whereupon they were so filled with shame and sorrow at the sight, that they placed Alcander in his hands, and conducted him to his house with sympathetic indignation.
He thus became a devoted follower of Lycurgus, and used to tell his intimates and friends that the man was not harsh nor self-willed, as he had supposed, but the mildest and gentlest of them all.