[alk-mee-uh
n] 
| a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies. |
Alcmaeon Alc·mae·on (ālk-mē'ən), fl. sixth century b.c.
Greek physician and philosopher. He was the first known anatomist and probably the first to perform scientific dissections of human bodies.