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CAMERON G. PEARSON

University of Warsaw

An Alcmaeonides is known from two inscribed athletic DEDICATIONS dated to the middle of the sixth century BCE (IG I³ 597 and 1469), making him the brother of MEGACLES (II) SON OF ALCMAEON (Davies 1971, 372–73). In the best manuscript readings of Herodotus’ Histories at 1.64.3, Alcmaeonides is named as the leader of the fleeing Athenians after the Battle of Pallene in 546/5. However, he lacks an introduction or even a patronymic. All modern editors and translators, except for Rosén (1987), follow the suggestion (though not emendation) of Wesseling (1763, 31 n. 11) to change μετ’ Ἀλκμεωνίδεω (“with Alcmaeonides”) to μετ’ Ἀλκμεωνιδέων (“with [the] ALCMAEONIDAE”). Either the earliest editors misunderstood the name Alcmaeonides to be equivalent to the family name, Alcmaeonidae, or we are missing a section of Herodotus which introduced him. Wilson (2015a, 1: 36) is the first to cite one late manuscript that reads “Alcmaeonidae” (possibly a late alteration).

SEE ALSO: Editions; Manuscripts; Pallene (Deme)