Megacles
Sign in to saveMegacles or Megakles () was the name of several notable men of ancient Athens, as well as an officer of Pyrrhus of Epirus. ==The first eponymous archon== The first Megacles that appears was legendary archon of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC.
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- The first eponymous archon
- Second Archon eponymous
- Alcmaeonidae
- Battle of Marathon
- Megacles of Epirus
- Bibliography
- References
Megacles or Megakles () was the name of several notable men of ancient Athens, as well as an officer of Pyrrhus of Epirus. ==The first eponymous archon== The first Megacles that appears was legendary archon of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC.
==Second Archon eponymous== The second Megacles was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family, and the archon eponymous in 632 BC when Cylon made his unsuccessful attempt to take over Athens. Megacles was convicted of killing Cylon's supporters (who had taken refuge on the Acropolis as suppliants of Athena) and was exiled from the city, along with all the other members of his genos, the Alcmaeonidae. The Alcmaeonidae inherited a miasma ("stain") that lasted for generations among Megacles' descendants.