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    Alcmaeon

    mythological figure · 19 works · 20 mentions · 22 anchored passages · cited 3 times in 3 works

    Alcmaeon of Croton · Alcmaeon the son of Amphiaraüs · Alemaeon, son of Amphiaraus

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    1 expression

    Alcmaeon of Croton6 mentions

    Stromata (Greek) · Metaphysics (Greek) · On the Nature of the Gods (Latin) · Protrepticus (Greek) · Vitae philosophorum (Greek)

    Alcmaeon, son of Perithus, of Croton, first composed a treatise on nature.
    book 1

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Son of Perithus of Croton, credited as first to compose a treatise on nature.

    Alcmaeon, son of Perithus, of Croton, first composed a treatise on nature.
    book 1
    For when Alcmaeon of Croton had said that it is easier to guard against an enemy than a friend, Sophocles made, in the Antigone, "For what wound could be greater than an evil friend?
    book 6

    MetaphysicsClassical · Greek

    Philosopher from Croton who held that most things in human affairs exist in pairs of contraries, compared and contrasted with the more systematic Pythagorean table of opposites.

    Thus Alcmaeon only threw out vague hints with regard to the other instances of contrariety, but the Pythagoreans pronounced how many and what the contraries are.
    book 1
    Apparently Alcmaeon of Croton speculated along the same lines, and either he derived the theory from them or they from him;
    book 1

    Nicomachean EthicsClassical · Greek

    Mythological figure who, in Euripides' play, is compelled by threats to murder his mother.

    for instance, we think it ridiculous that Alcmaeon in Euripides’ play is compelled by certain threats to murder his mother!
    book 3

    PoeticsClassical · Greek

    Mythical figure who killed his mother Eriphyle, subject of traditional tragic plots.

    Now it is not right to break up the traditional stories, I mean, for instance, Clytaemnestra being killed by Orestes and Eriphyle by Alcmaeon, but the poet must show invention and make a skilful use of the tradition.
    chapter 14

    RhetoricClassical · Greek

    Mythological matricide-hero, protagonist of Theodectes' tragedy, quoted defending his act via a distinction of responsibility.

    Another topic is derived from relative terms.
    book 2
    Alcmaeon replied:
    book 2

    LettersLate Antiquity · Greek

    Mythological wanderer invoked as parallel to Basil's own impatience.

    For surely not even Alcmaeon, when he had found the Echinades, could endure his wandering any longer.
    letter 14

    On the Nature of the GodsHellenistic · Latin

    Greek philosopher who attributed divinity to heavenly bodies and the soul.

    Alcmaeon of Croton, who gave divinity to the sun, the moon, and the rest of the heavenly bodies, and to the soul besides, did not perceive that he was giving immortality to mortal things.
    book 1

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Mythological matricide cited as an example of raving madness (furor).

    For this insanity, which, joined with folly, extends more widely, we separate from raving fury.
    book 3

    ProtrepticusLate Antiquity · Greek

    Philosopher of Croton who thought the stars were gods because ensouled.

    For Alcmaeon of Croton thought the stars were gods, being ensouled.
    protrepticus

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Mythological figure who blamed Fortune for his wandering exile.

    Indeed, men charge even their private passions to Fortune:
    oration 64

    Vitae philosophorumImperial · Greek

    Disciple of Pythagoras, son of Pirithous, who wrote on medicine and natural philosophy and held the soul to be immortal and ever-moving.

    These are the words of Alcmaeon of Croton, son of Pirithous, which he spake to Brotinus, Leon and Bathyllus:
    book 8
    Alcmaeon of Croton, another disciple of Pythagoras, wrote chiefly on medicine, but now and again he touches on natural philosophy, as when he says, Most human affairs go in pairs.
    book 8

    AntidosisClassical · Greek

    Ancient thinker cited for a doctrine of two elements.

    Alcmaeon, of only two;
    antidosis

    PythianClassical · Greek

    Son of Amphiaraus, one of the Epigoni who marched a second time against Thebes; foretold by his own father to embody the true spirit of his lineage, and venerated by the poet as a local hero-guardian at Thebes with prophetic power.

    And I myself rejoice as I fling garlands over Alcmaeon and sprinkle him with song, because this hero is my neighbor and guardian of my possessions, and he met me when I was going to the songful navel of the earth, and he touched on prophecies with his inborn arts.
    chapter 8

    Alcibiades 2Classical · Greek

    Mythic figure paired with Orestes as another who took violent action against his own mother.

    But surely I shall not have to tax you with an inclination to commit such an act against your own mother as Orestes and Alcmaeon, and any others who have followed their example, are said to have committed against theirs.
    alcibiades 2

    AratusImperial · Greek

    Mythological hero whom Orontes the Persian was said to resemble, cited in the digression on notable doubles.

    This man is said to have borne a very close resemblance to Periander the son of Cypselus, just as Orontes the Persian did to Alcmaeon the son of Amphiaraüs, and as the Spartan youth mentioned by Myrtilus did to Hector.
    chapter 3

    De capienda ex inimicis utilitateImperial · Greek

    Legendary figure of the Theban/Argive myth cycle, known in myth for killing his own mother Eriphyle, who trades a taunting exchange with Adrastus in the essay.

    Alcmaeon told Adrastus, that he was near akin to a woman that killed her husband;
    ch. 1

    Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeatImperial · Greek

    Tragic figure who accuses Adrastus over his sister's crime and is answered with the counter-charge of his own mother's murder, illustrating that a railer who himself deserves reproach may have his own vices turned against him.

    SolonImperial · Greek

    Athenian recorded in Delphic archives as having commanded in the Sacred War, rather than Solon.

    He was not, however, appointed general for this war, as Evanthes the Samian says (according to Hermippus), for Aeschines the orator makes no such statement, and in the records of Delphi it is stated that Alcmaeon, and not Solon, commanded the Athenians.
    chapter 11

    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    Legendary son of Amphiaraus who, after killing his mother, wandered under a curse until Apollo's oracle directed him to the alluvial lands of the Achelous, where he settled and gave his son's name to Acarnania.

    There is a report which I may also mention, that when Alemaeon, son of Amphiaraus, was wandering about after the murder of his mother, Apollo directed him by an oracle to inhabit this region, by suggesting to him that he would have no release from his terrors till he should discover and inhabit a country which had not yet been seen by the sun, nor existed as land, at the time he slew his mother;
    book 2
    Such is the account we have received respecting Alcmaeon.
    book 2