Alcmaon

Family: Achaean · Role: warrior · First appears: BOOK XII

Life events

• Sarpedon kills Alcmaon and tears down the battlement, creating a breach.(BOOK XII)
  • With: Sarpedon
  • “He drew his spear back again and Alcmaon came down headlong after it with his bronzed armour rattling round him. Then Sarpedon seized the battlement in his strong hands, and tugged at it till it all gave way together, and a breach was made through which many might pass.”

BOOK XII

• enemies with Sarpedon “Sarpedon was stung with grief when he saw Glaucus leave him, still he did not leave off fighting, but aimed his spear at Alcmaon the son of Thestor and hit him”
• parent: Thestor “Alcmaon the son of Thestor”

Also listed in Achaean — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.