Alcetas I of Epirus

Alcetas I
Alcetas I
	King of Epirus
Reign	390 - 370 BC
Predecessor	Tharrhypas
Successor	Neoptolemus I of Epirus
Issue	Neoptolemus I of Epirus; Arymbas
House	Aeacidae
Father	Tharrhypas
Religion	Ancient Greek religion

Alcetas I (Greek: Ἀλκέτας) (390/385 – 370 BC) was a king of Epirus, the son of Tharrhypas.

Biography

Alcetas was expelled from his kingdom for unknown reasons, and took refuge with Dionysius I of Syracuse, by whom he was reinstated.

After Alcetas' restoration, he allied with the Athenians, and with Jason of Pherae, the Tagus of Thessaly. In 373 he appeared at Athens with Jason, for the purpose of defending Athenian general Timotheus, who, through their influence, was acquitted.

Upon Alcetas' death, the kingdom was divided between his two sons, Neoptolemus I and Arybbas.

References

Pausanias (i. 11. § 3).
Demosthenes against Timotheus (pp. 1187, 1190).
Diodorus (xv. 13. 36.).

Sources

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

Preceded by Tharrhypas	King of Epirus 390–370 BC	Succeeded by Neoptolemus I and Arybbas

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