Alcimus
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
Alcimus the Epeirot · Alcimus the rhetorician
spoken of as
1 expressionAlcimus the Epeirot1 mention
Demetrius (Greek)
the other was worn by Alcimus the Epeirot, the sturdiest and most warlike of all the men under him, and the only one whose suit of armour weighed a hundred pounds (the rest used suits of fifty pounds weight);
in the texts
Vitae philosophorum
First orator in all Greece, won over by Stilpo.
And besides these he won over Phrasidemus the Peripatetic, an accomplished physicist, and Alcimus the rhetorician, the first orator in all Greece;
These and the like instances Alcimus notes through four books, pointing out the assistance derived by Plato from Epicharmus.
Further, he derived great assistance from Epicharmus the Comic poet, for he transcribed a great deal from him, as Alcimus says in the essays dedicated to Amyntas, of which there are four.
Letters
Acquaintance reported to be journeying to Rome in his old age, leaving companionship to Basil's circle.
As for Alcimus, I hear that in his old age he is venturing on the deeds of the young and flying off to Rome, having laid upon you the labour of keeping company with the boys.
Demetrius
The sturdiest and most warlike of Demetrius's men, who wore the heaviest suit of armor among his troops and died in battle at Rhodes.
the other was worn by Alcimus the Epeirot, the sturdiest and most warlike of all the men under him, and the only one whose suit of armour weighed a hundred pounds (the rest used suits of fifty pounds weight);