Alcetas I ( el, Ἀλκέτας) (390/385 – 370 BC) was a king of

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, the son of

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Biography

Alcetas was expelled from his kingdom for unknown reasons, and took refuge with

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, 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

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with Jason, for the purpose of defending the Athenian general

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, 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). *

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against

(pp. 1187, 1190). *

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(xv. 13. 36.).

Sources

* Rulers of Ancient Epirus 4th-century BC Greek people 4th-century BC rulers {{AncientGreece-bio-stub