The Alcmaeonidae or Alcmaeonids were a wealthy and powerful noble family of ancient Athens, a branch of the Neleides who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon, the great-grandson of Nestor.
Bust of Pericles in the British Museum, dated 1911. One of the most famous Alcmaeonidae, Pericles was an Athenian general, orator, and statesman.
Bust of Cleisthenes in the Ohio Statehouse, dated 2012. Another prominent Alcmaeonidae, Cleisthenes is credited as being "the father of Athenian democracy."
View of the Acropolis of Athens from Philopappos Hill
Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He is known for having written the Histories – a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.
A Roman copy (2nd century AD) of a Greek bust of Herodotus from the first half of the 4th century BC
Romanticized statue of Herodotus in his hometown of Halicarnassus, modern Bodrum, Turkey.
