Alcmaeonidae definition of Alcmaeonidae in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Alcmaeonidae (ălk'mēŏ`nĭdē), Athenian family powerful in the 7th, 6th, and 5th cent. B.C. Blamed for the murder of the followers of Cylon, the would-be tyrant (c.632 B.C.), they were considered attainted and were exiled. They were again in Athens in the 6th cent. The most prominent members of the family later were Cleisthenes Cleisthenes, fl. 510 B.C., Athenian statesman. He was the head of his family, the Alcmaeonidae, after the exile of Hippias, and with Spartan help had made himself undisputed ruler of Athens by 506 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , Pericles Pericles , c.495–429 B.C., Athenian statesman. He was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family through his mother, a niece of Cleisthenes. He first came to prominence as an opponent of the Areopagus (462) and as one of the prosecutors of Cimon, whom he replaced in
..... Click the link for more information. (whose mother was an Alcmaeonid), and Alcibiades Alcibiades , c.450–404 B.C., Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of Socrates. He turned to politics after the Peace of Nicias (421 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. .

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	Alcedinidae Alceste Alcestis Alchedar Alchemilla Alchemy Alchevsk Alchevskii, Ivan Alchevskii, Ivan Alekseevich alcian blue Alcibiades Alcidae Alcide D Orbigny Alcides Arguedas Alcimedon Alcimus Alcina Alcindor, Lew Alcinoüs Alciopidae Alciphron Alcithoe alclad Alcmaeon Alcmaeonid family Alcmaeonidae Alcman Alcmena Alcmena's sons Alcmene Alcmeon Alcoa Alcobaça Alcock alcogel Alcohol alcohol dehydrogenase alcohol fuel Alcohol Industry alcohol thermometer alcoholate alcoholic alcoholic beverage Alcoholic Fermentation alcoholic hepatitis alcoholic hyaline Alcoholic Psychoses Alcoholics Anonymous alcoholimeter Alcoholism alcoholmeter	Alcimedon Alcimus Alcina Alcindor, Lew Alcinous Alcinous Alcinoüs Alcinoüs Alciopidae Alciphron Alcista Alcithoe ALCIVE ALCK ALCL Alclad Alclad Alclometasone Alclometasone dipropionate Alclometasone dipropionate Alclometasone dipropionate Alcluith Alcluith ALCM ALCM ALCM Force Application System Alcmaeon Alcmaeon Alcmaeonid Alcmaeonid Family Alcmaeonidae Alcmaeonids Alcman Alcman ALCME Alcmena Alcmena Alcmena's sons Alcmene Alcmene Alcmeon Alcmeon Alcmeonidae ALCMS ALCN Alco Alco Alco Alco Holdings Limited ALCO package Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa (company) Alcoa Aluminum Alcoa Business System Alcoa Hatch Engineering Alliance Alcoa Home Exteriors, Inc Alcoa Inc Alcoa Inc. Alcoa Incorporated Alcoa Kobe Transportation Products, Inc.

Mentioned in

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found