Look up: megacles

1. Megacles
   (from the article `Alcmaeonid Family`) a powerful Athenian family, claiming descent from the legendary Alcmaeon, that was important in 5th- and 6th-century- politics. During the archonship ... ...life since the early Archaic period, and was the son of Megacles. At the time of Cleisthenes` birth the family was still affected by a public ...
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2. Megacles
   the leader of one of the parties that struggled for control of Athens during the period between the archonship of Solon and the establishment of ... [2 related articles]
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3. Megacles
   `Megacles` (Μεγακλῆς) was the name of several notable men of ancient Athens: 1. Megacles was possibly a legendary Archon of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC. 2. Megacles was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family, and the archon eponymous in 632 BC when Cylon made his unsuccessf...
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