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In Greek mythology, the name Alke or Alce /ˈælkiː/ (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.[1]
- Alke, daughter of Cybele and Olympus. She was given a second name, Cybele, after her mother.[2]
- Alke, an Amazon.[3]
- Alke, one of Actaeon's dogs.[4]
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.738 ff.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.49.3
- ^ Latin Anthology 392
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.217; Hyginus, Fabulae 181.