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Alcmaeon[alkmE´un] Pronunciation Key, in Greek legend, son of AmphiaraUs and Eriphyle, a leader of the expedition of the Epigoni against Thebes. He murdered his mother in revenge for his father's death and consequently was haunted by the Erinyes until he found haven on Achelous' island. There he married CallirrhoE, daughter of Achelous, and lived in peace until his wife demanded the sacred robe and necklace of Harmonia, which were in the possession of his former wife ArsinoE. When he tried to regain them from ArsinoE, her brothers killed him.
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