Alcmaion (son of Megacles, ch127)

Family: Athenian · Role: son of Megacles · First appears: Book 6 · §116–125

Book 6 · §116–125

parent: Megacles (father of Alcmaion, ch127) (Father and son.) “first Alcmaion the son of Megacles showed himself a helper of the Lydians from Sardis who came from Croesus to the Oracle at Delphi”
patron: Croesus (Croesus rewarded Alcmaion for his service.) “Croesus having heard from the Lydians who went to the Oracle that this man did him service, sent for him to Sardis; and when he came, he offered to give him a gift of as much gold as he could carry away at once upon his own person.”
with Croesus (Alcmaion helped Croesus's Lydian envoys; Croesus summoned and rewarded him.) “Croesus having heard from the Lydians who went to the Oracle that this man did him service, sent for him to Sardis; and when he came, he offered to give him a gift of as much gold as he could carry away at once upon his own person”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.