Alcathous of Elis Aetolia, and when his brother Callipolis hastened to carry the sad tidings to his father, he found him engaged in offering a sacrifice to Apollo, and thinking it unfit to offer sacrifices at such a moment, he snatched away the wood from the altar. Alcathous imagining this to be an act of deliberate sacrilege, killed his son on the spot with a piece of wood. The acropolis of Megara was called by a name derived from that of Alcathous. Alcathous was grandfather of the hero Ajax, via his daughter Periboea, who married Telamon, and of Iolaus, nephew and charioteer of
Vim (cleaning product) Vim (cleaning product) Vim is the name of a range of household cleaning products originally produced by Lever Brothers. The Vim brand is currently owned by European multi national Spotless Group. Vim scouring powder, one of the first products created by William Lever, first appeared on the market in 1904, an offshoot of Monkey Brand scouring soap. The name is thought to derive from the colloquial English word "vim" which has the same meaning as the Latin "vis", "vim" ("force", "vigour"). Vim was produced at Port Sunlight near Liverpool, England. The name Vim remained solely associated with the scouring powder