Alcmaeon, son of Peirithous (otherwise unknown), lived in the Greek city of Croton on the instep of the boot of Italy. Diogenes Laertius, in his brief life of Alcmaeon (VIII.

When did Alcmaeon live?

Alcmaeon, also spelled Alcmeon, (flourished 6th century bc), Greek philosopher and physiologist of the academy at Croton (now Crotone, southern Italy), the first person recorded to have practiced dissection of human bodies for research purposes.

When was alcmaeon Croton born?

Alcmaeon was born in about 515 BCE and flourished in the 400s BCE in the Greek city of Croton in Italy. Alcmaeon lived during and near the times of Pythagorus (ca. 570 – 490 BCE), also in Croton, and before Hippocrates of Kos (460 – ca. 370 BCE).