In Greek mythology, Alcmaeon, or Alkmáon, was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. As one of the Epigoni, he was a leader of the Argives who attacked Thebes, taking the city in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died while attempting the same thing. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... In Greek mythology, Amphiaraus, or Amphiaraos (doubly-cursed) was the son of Oicles and husband of Eriphyle. ... In Greek mythology, Eriphyle, daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. ... This is an article about the Greek myth. ... Argos (Greek: Άργος, Árgos) is a city in Greece in the Peloponnesus near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor, named for Nauplius. ... For the ancient capital of Upper Egypt, see Thebes, Egypt. ... The Oath of the Seven Chiefs, an 1897 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church Seven Against Thebes is a play by Aeschylus concerning the battle between Eteocles and the army of Thebes and Polynices and his supporters, traditional Theban enemies. ...

Pindar's eighth Pythian ode relates a prophesy by Amphiarus that the Epigoni will conquer Thebes, and that Alcmaeon will be the first through the gates. ^[1] Apollodorus also states that the other Epigoni received an oracle instructing them to make Alcmaeon their leader, and therefore convinced him to go with them, although he was unwilling.^[2] In Diodorus, Eriphyle persuades her son to join the attackers because she is bribed by Thersander to do so in exchange for the robe of Harmonia, just as she was bribed by Polynices with the necklace of Harmonia to send her husband into battle. ^[3] However, in Asklepiades, Amphiarus orders Alcmeon to avenge him on Eriphyle as soon as he is old enough^[4], making it clear that at least two traditions are present. In most versions, he kills Laodamas, the son of Eteocles, in the battle. Pindar (or Pindarus) (522 BC – 443 BC), perhaps the greatest of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, was born at Cynoscephalae, a village in Thebes. ... This is an article about the Greek myth. ... For the ancient capital of Upper Egypt, see Thebes, Egypt. ... Apollodorus was a common name in ancient Greece. ... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ... In Homers Iliad, Thersander was one of the Epigonoi, a son of Polynices. ... In Greek mythology, Harmonia is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. ... In Greek mythology, Polynices was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. ... In Greek mythology, Laódamas referred to three different people. ... Eteocles and Polynices being carried away, dead, after the Battle of Thebes, in an 1897 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church In Greek mythology, Eteocles was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta, the father of Laodamas. ...

Although sources differ concerning whether Alcmaeon knew about his mother's treachery before he attacked Thebes, all agree that once he returned he killed his mother, possibly with the help of his younger brother Amphhilochus. ^[5] He was pursued by the Erinyes and driven mad, fleeing first to Arcadia, where his grandfather Oicles ruled, and then to King Phegeus in Psophis, who purified him and gave him his daughter, Arsinoe in Apollodorus and Alphesiboea in Pausanius, in marriage. Alcmaeon gave her the necklace and robe of Harmonia. ^[6] According to Apollodorus, Alcmaeon's presence caused the land to be infertile, so he went to Delphi for assistance. ^[7] In Pausanias, it is his own madness which drove him to do so.^[8] This article is about the characters from Greek myth. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... In Greek mythology, Oicles (also Oikleiês, Oecles, or Oecleus) was an Argive king, father of Amphiaraus, son of Mantius and grandson of Melampus. ... A Greek King, Phegeus offered succor and his daughter, Alphesiboea, to Alcmaeon, who was fleeing from the Erinyes. ... Arsinoe I of Egypt Arsinoe II of Egypt Arsinoe III of Egypt Arsinoe IV of Egypt Arsinoe of Greek mythology: Orestes nurse; mother of Asclepius Arsinoe, Egypt town of Arsinoe on Cyprus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... In Greek mythology, Alphesiboea was the daughter of Phegeus and wife of Alcmaeon. ... Pausanias (Greek: ) was a Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ...

From there the two accounts generally agree with each other and with Thucydides. Alcmaeon is instructed by the oracle to find a land which did not exist at the time when he was polluted by killing his mother. Accordingly, he goes to a delta of the Achelous river, which was newly formed. There he marries the daughet of the river's god, Callirhoe. She had heard of the famous necklace and robe of Harmonia, and asks Alcmaeon to get them for her. He complies, returning to Psophis and telling king Phegeus that he required the necklace and robe in order to be purified. Either Phegeus or his sons discovers the truth from a servant, and they ambush and kill Alcmaeon. ^{[9][10] [11]} In Apollodorus, Arsinoe, the daughter of Phegeus, chastises her brothers, who put her into a chest and sell her as a slave.^[12] Meanwhile, Callirhoe prays to Zeus that her sons will grow up instantaneously so that they might take revenge on her husband's murderers. Zeus grants this, and Amphoterus and Acarnan meet the sons of Phegeus at Agapenor's house, when they are on their way to Delphi to dedicate Harmonia's robe and necklace there. After killing them, Amphoterus and Arcmaeon continue to Psophis and killed king Phegeus and his queen, after which they are forced to flee to Tegea.^[13] Bust of Thucydides residing in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. ... In Greek mythology, Achelous (Greek: Αχελώος), was the patron deity of the river by the same name, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having its own river spirit. ... In Greek mythology, three women were named Callirhoe or Callirrhoe: A daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids. ... Arsinoe I of Egypt Arsinoe II of Egypt Arsinoe III of Egypt Arsinoe IV of Egypt Arsinoe of Greek mythology: Orestes nurse; mother of Asclepius Arsinoe, Egypt town of Arsinoe on Cyprus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Díos), is... In Greek mythology, Acarnan was the son of Alcmaeon. ... Agapenor: Leader of the Arkadians Reference Homer, The Iliad, translated by Richmond Lattimore, 1951 Categories: ... The amphitheatre, seen from above. ... There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. ...

Apollodorus relates a different myth about this same Alcmaeon, attributing it to Euripides. During his madness, he had two children with Manto, the daughter of Teiresias. These were Amphilocus and Tisiphone. Alcmaeon entrusted them to Creon, the king of Corinth, who raised them. Creon's wife, however, feared that he might marry Tisiphone because of her great beauty, and sold the girl as a slave. Through a great coincidence, it was Alcmaeon who purchased her and kept her as his handmaid, not knowing who she was. When he returned to Corinth to fetch his children, her identity was somehow revealed, and Amphilocus went on to colonize Amphilochian Argos.^[14] This story was probably the subject of Euripides lost "Alcaemaon in Corinth," which was produced posthumously.^[15] Whether the story was invented for this play is unclear. The epic poem "Alcmaeonis," as well as the "Alcmaeon" of Sophocles, and those of Agathon and Achaeus, have all been lost. A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. ... Manto may mean: Saadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu short_story writer Manto, the daughter of Tiresias and Mopsus in Greek mythology Mantophasmatodea, an order of carnivorous insect discovered in 2002 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In Greek mythology, Tiresias was a blind prophet, the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo. ... Tisiphone can mean:- Two figures in Greek mythology:- One of the Erinyes (or Furies). ... In Greek mythology, Creon, or Kreeon (ruler), son of Menoeceus, was a king of the city of Thebes and the father of Haemon and Megara by his wife, Eurydice. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Sophocles, as depicted in the Nordisk familjebok. ... Agathon (c. ... In Greek mythology and history, Achaeus is the name of several individuals. ...

Notes

1. ^ Pindar. Pythian Odes. 8.40-48
2. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 3.7.2
3. ^ Gantz, Timothy. Early Greek Myth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, p.524
4. ^ Gantz, Timothy. Early Greek Myth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, p.525
5. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 7.2.5
6. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 7.2.5
7. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 7.2.5
8. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.24.8
9. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 3.7.3-8
10. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.24.8-10
11. ^ Thoucydides. The Peloponnesian War. 2.102.5
12. ^ Apollodorus. Library. 3.7.5
13. ^ Apollodorus, Library. 3.7.6
14. ^ Apollodorus. Library. 3.7.7
15. ^ Gantz, Timothy. Early Greek Myth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, p.526