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Alexida (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξίδη) was a daughter of Amphiaraus, from whom certain divinities called Elasii (in Greek, Elasioi or Ἐλάσιοι, i. e. the averters of epileptic fits) were believed to be descended.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Plutarch, Quaest. Gr. 23
  2. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexicles". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexicles". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.