Alcimede

Alcimede is presented in the classical Argonautic genealogies as the daughter of Phylacus (eponym of Phylace) and Clymene (one of the Minyan daughters), and the wife of Aeson. In these traditions she is the mother of Jason, linking him to the house of Minyas and to Phylace. Classical authors and summaries variably name other women (Polymede, Arne, Scarphe) as Jason's mother in alternate traditions; Alcimede is one of the attested maternal attributions in the Argonautica-related corpus (see Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica Book I, and summarized mythographic sources).

Ancient sources do not supply a physical description of Alcimede. She is referred to by genealogy and by emotional response (for example, Apollonius notes she was 'smitten with grief for Jason') rather than by age, dress, or bodily features; no concrete descriptive details are recorded in the provided texts.

No supernatural powers are attributed to Alcimede in the cited materials. Her agency in the narratives is familial and social: she is named as Jason's mother and is depicted in contexts of maternal emotion and family protection. A fragmentary modern summary suggests a tradition in which she deceives an attacker to protect Jason, but that anecdote is incomplete in the available excerpt and not fully attested in the primary classical passages provided; classical sources emphasize her genealogical role and maternal grief rather than magical or prophetic abilities.