#alcander

• Alcander — A name of ancient Greek origin designating several minor figures in classical history and mythology. In Homer's Iliad, Alcander is a Lycian warrior slain by Odysseus during the Trojan War; in Spartan history, it refers to the young man who struck and blinded the lawmaker Lycurgus in one eye, but was subsequently forgiven and transformed into a devoted supporter through gentleness and education.
• Alcander — A Romanianized and phonetically adapted variant of the ancient proper name 'Alcander'. Although rarely encountered in modern onomastics, the term appears in early translations of classical Greek and Latin texts to denote Homeric mythological characters or Spartan historical figures.