Alcetas I of Epirus

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

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

Biography

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Alcetas was expelled from his kingdom for unknown reasons, and took refuge with Dionysius I of Syracuse, who assisted him in being reinstated.

After Alcetas' restoration, he allied himself with the Athenians and with Jason of Pherae, the Tagus of Thessaly. In 373 BC he appeared in Athens with Jason, for the purpose of defending the 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

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

Sources

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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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