{{Short description|Ancient Greek mythological figure}} In Greek mythology, '''Alexida''' (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξίδη) was a daughter of Amphiaraus, from whom certain divinities called ''Elasii'' (in Greek, ''Elasioi'' or {{lang|grc|Ἐλάσιοι}}, i. e. the averters of epileptic fits) were believed to be descended.<ref>Plutarch, ''Quaestiones Graecae'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Quaes.+Gr.+23&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0216:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Alexida 23]</ref><ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | title = Alexicles | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 128 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=143}}</ref>
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== References ==
* Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, ''Moralia'' with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0215 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0213 Greek text available from the same website].
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Category:Women in Greek mythology
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