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ALCMAEON , of See also:Argos, in See also:Greek See also:legend, was the son of Arilphiaraus and See also:Eriphyle. When his See also:father set out with the expedition of the Seven against See also:Thebes, which he knew would be fatal to him, he enjoined upon his sons to avenge his See also:death by slaying Eriphyle and undertaking a second expedition against Thebes. After the destruction of Thebes by the See also:Epigoni, Alcmaeon carried out his father's injunctions by killing his See also:mother, as a See also:punishment for which he was driven mad and pursued by the See also:Erinyes from See also:place to place. On his arrival at Psophis in See also:Arcadia, he was purified by its See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Phegeus, whose daughter See also:Arsinoe (or Alphesiboea) he married, making her a See also:present of the fatal necklace and the peplus of See also:Harmonia. But the See also:land was cursed with barrenness, and the See also:oracle declared that Alcmaeon would never find See also:rest until he reached a spot on which the See also:sun had never shone at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he slew his mother. Such a spot he found at the mouth of the See also:river See also:Achelous, where an See also:island had recently been formed by the alluvial See also:deposit; here he settled and, forgetting his wife Arsinoe, married See also:Callirrhoe, the daughter of the river-See also:god. His new wife longed for the necklace and peplus, and Alcmaeon, returning to Psophis, obtained See also:possession of them, on the pretence that he desired to dedicate them at See also:Delphi. When the truth became known he was pursued and slain by Phegeus and his sons. After his death Alcmaeon was worshipped at Thebes; his See also:tomb was at Psophis in a See also:grove of cypresses. His See also:story was the subject of an old epic and of several tragedies, but none of these has been preserved.
See also:Homer, Odyssey xv. 248; See also:Apollodorus iii. 7; See also:Thucydides ii. 68, 102; See also:Pausanias viii. 24, X. 10; See also:Ovid, Metam. ix. 400 et seq.
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