Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes. Species within the genus Alcithoe include: ...
in Greek legend, the daughter of Minyas of Orchomenus, in Boeotia. She and her sisters once refused to participate in Dionysiac festivities, ...
a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.