Alcméonides

The Alcméonides (in Greek old Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι / Alkmaiônídai ) was one of the families Eupatrides (noble) of Athens.

Alcméonides claimed to go down from Nélée, wire of Poséidon and mythical king of Pylos, and to be driven out of their kingdom by the invasion of the Doriens. First Alcméonide celebrates was the Archonte Mégaclès. In -632, it made put at dead Cylon and its partisans, authors of a missed coup d'etat. At once, it was put in charge for Sacrilège by called Myron: indeed, Cylon had taken refuge on the Acropole, near the furnace bridges of the gods. A court of 300 noble judges condemned Mégaclès and its family to the perpetual exile. Alcméonides dead were unearthed and transferred out of the limits of the city. Épiménide of Crete had to come to purify the city.

Under the archontat of Solon, in -594, they were authorized to return of exile. They were again exiled during the Tyran denies Pisistrate. In -548, they concluded an agreement with the Amphictyonie from Delphes and rebuilt the temple of Apollon. In -510, after the fall of Hippias, they were again authorized to return to Athens.

Among the famous members of this family, one counts Clisthène, Périclès and Alcibiade. All three had to undergo recalls of the lawsuit of Alcméonides. The last perpetual Archonte of Athens was Achméon, thirteenth archonte which controlled from 756 to 755 before J-C. After him, the archontes were named more only for ten years.

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