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14-1063: Greek Mythology List article For the Italian vehicle manufacturer, see Alkè . "Alce" redirects here. For the legendary beast, see Griffin . Greek deities series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Water deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Nymphs Alseid Anthousai Auloniad Aurae Crinaeae Daphnaie Dryads Eleionomae Epimeliads Hamadryads Hesperides Hyades Lampades Leuce Limnades Meliae Minthe Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides Semystra Thriae v t e In Greek mythology ,

28-503: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text All set index articles Alk%C3%A8 Some of the electric cars made by Alkè (for example the Alkè ATX 100 E ) are used in soccer stadiums as open ambulances. The operator of London's cycle hire scheme uses a small number of Alkè electric utility vehicles (alongside other cars and vans) to tow trailers for distributing bicycles. Due to

42-515: Is from 21 BC. Diodorus' universal history , which he named Bibliotheca historica ( ‹See Tfd› Greek : Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική , "Historical Library"), was immense and consisted of 40 books, of which 1–5 and 11–20 survive: fragments of the lost books are preserved in Photius and the Excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus . It was divided into three sections. The first six books treated

56-471: Is known for writing the monumental universal history Bibliotheca historica , in forty books, fifteen of which survive intact, between 60 and 30 BC. The history is arranged in three parts. The first covers mythic history up to the destruction of Troy , arranged geographically, describing regions around the world from Egypt, India and Arabia to Europe. The second covers the time from the Trojan War to

70-567: The death of Alexander the Great . The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Julius Caesar 's Gallic Wars . (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War as he promised at the beginning of his work or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labours, he stopped short at 60 BC.) He selected

84-531: The death of Alexander the Great . The third covers the period to about 60 BC. Bibliotheca , meaning 'library', acknowledges that he was drawing on the work of many other authors. According to his own work, he was born in Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira). With one exception, antiquity affords no further information about his life and doings beyond his written works. Only Jerome , in his Chronicon under

98-434: The "year of Abraham 1968" (49 BC), writes, "Diodorus of Sicily, a writer of Greek history, became illustrious". However, his English translator, Charles Henry Oldfather , remarks on the "striking coincidence" that one of only two known Greek inscriptions from Agyrium ( Inscriptiones Graecae XIV, 588) is the tombstone of one "Diodorus, the son of Apollonius" (“ Διόδωρος ∙ Ἀπολλωνίου ”) . The final work attributed to him

112-827: The Perseus Digital Library . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alke&oldid=1254016030 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Personifications in Greek mythology Cybele Amazons (Greek mythology) Greek war deities Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

126-559: The Perseus Digital Library . Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Homer , The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at

140-463: The Perseus Digital Library. Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Publius Ovidius Naso , Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at

154-469: The Royal Families. Alkè electric vehicles are sold worldwide, through more than 30 resellers in different countries. In UK Alké vehicles are imported by ePowerTrucks. Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily ( ‹See Tfd› Greek : Διόδωρος , translit.   Diódōros ; fl.  1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian from Sicily . He

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168-541: The constant attention that electric vehicles gather on the market, Alkè is getting involved in many green mobility projects, in the public administration like the project Cargohopper (a solar powered vehicle for urban center delivery in the city of Utrecht ) or in the private sector for mobility inside no traffic zones Alkè vehicles can frequently be seen at the major Electric motor shows around Europe, such as: Pollutec, Saltex, GaLaBau, Kommunalmesse, BlueTech, Electri Motor Show ( Finland ); with many appreciations even from

182-415: The mythic history of the non- Hellenic and Hellenic tribes to the destruction of Troy and are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Ancient Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia , India , Scythia , and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV–VI). In the next section (books VII–XVII), he recounts the history of the world from the Trojan War down to

196-1330: The name Alke or Alce / ˈ æ l k iː / ( Ancient Greek : Ἀλκή , romanized :  Alké , "prowess, courage") may refer to: Alke, the spirit and personification of the abstract concept of courage and battle-strength. In the Iliad , she was depicted on Athena 's aegis alongside Ioke , Eris and Phobos . Alke, daughter of Cybele and Olympus . She was given a second name, Cybele, after her mother. Alke, an Amazon . Alke, one of Actaeon 's dogs. Notes [ edit ] ^ Homer , Iliad 5.738 ff. ^ Diodorus Siculus , 5.49.3 ^ Latin Anthology 392 ^ Ovid , Metamorphoses 3.217; Hyginus , Fabulae 181 . References [ edit ] Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at

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