Alces

Alces is recorded in Greek mythographic compilations as one of the sons of King Aegyptus. Sources that compile the Aegyptid/Danaid genealogies list him as born to Aegyptus by an Arabian woman and name him among the cohort of sons who were given in marriage to the daughters of Danaus; in those broader accounts this generation belongs to the mythic age of legendary kings. Modern reference summaries of Pseudo-Apollodorus and related catalogues (as reflected in the cited encyclopedic entries) identify Alces specifically as husband of the Danaid Glauce and situate him within the narrative framework in which many of Aegyptus's sons are paired with Danaids and are commonly said, in the wider cycle, to have been slain on their wedding night.

No physical or iconographic description of Alces is provided in the cited mythographic sources. He appears only as a name in genealogical lists (father, mother, sibling group, and assigned bride); primary and modern reference entries do not record clothing, stature, or distinguishing marks for him.

The sources do not attribute any supernatural powers, distinctive skills, or notable individual deeds to Alces. His recorded function is familial and onomastic: son of Aegyptus, brother within the Aegyptid roster, and husband of Glauce. While the larger Aegyptid/Danaid cycle includes the mass slaying of husbands by the Danaids in many versions, the provided references do not ascribe a specific action, fate, or miraculous attribute to Alces himself.