Alcmaeon, son of Megacles
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Alcmaeon, son of Megacles
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Alcmaeon was son of Megacles, who was guilty of sacrilege with respect to the followers of Cylon, was invited by Croesus, king of Lydia, to Sardis in consequence of the services he had rendered to an embassy sent by Croesus to consult the Delphic oracle. On his arrival at Sardis, Croesus made him a present of so much gold that Alcmaeon could not carry it all out of the treasury. Alcmaeon took the king at his word by putting on a most capacious dress, the folds of which he stuffed with gold, and
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6th-century BC Athenian general
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcmaeon,_son_of_Megacles
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2022-03-02T19:47:29Z
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