Androcles

Family: Messenian · Role: king · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 4

A generation after the events described in Book 4, Chapter 4, Androcles, son of Phintas, was king of the Messenians alongside his brother Antiochus, as strife arose between the Messenians and the Lacedæmonians. In Chapter 5, the brothers’ rival parties took up arms; Antiochus’s party, superior in numbers, slew Androcles and his leading supporters.

Relationship record

Life events

• Strife arose, and the Lacedæmonians began hostilities against the Messenians.(Book 4 · Chapter 4)
  • With: Alcamenes Theopompus Antiochus (son of Phintas)
  • “And a generation afterwards, when Alcamenes the son of Teleclus was king at Lacedæmon, and the king of the other family was Theopompus, the son of Nicander, the son of Charillus, the son of Polydectes, the son of Eunomus, the son of Prytanis, the son of Eurypon, and Antiochus and Androcles the sons of Phintas were kings of the Messenians, strife arose between the Lacedæmonians and Messenians, and the Lacedæmonians began hostilities”
• The rival parties took up arms, and Antiochus’s party slew Androcles and his leading supporters.(Book 4 · Chapter 5)
  • With: Antiochus (son of Phintas)
  • “the rival parties of Androcles and Antiochus proceeded to such lengths that they took up arms. However their strife was not long continued, for the party of Antiochus, being far superior in numbers, slew Androcles and the most illustrious of his partizans.”

Book 4 · Chapter 4

• parent: Phintas “Antiochus and Androcles the sons of Phintas were kings of the Messenians”
• siblings with Antiochus (son of Phintas) “Antiochus and Androcles the sons of Phintas were kings of the Messenians”

Book 4 · Chapter 5

• rivals with Antiochus (son of Phintas) “the rival parties of Androcles and Antiochus proceeded to such lengths that they took up arms”
• enemies with Antiochus (son of Phintas) “the rival parties of Androcles and Antiochus proceeded to such lengths that they took up arms”

Book 4 · Chapter 16

• with Androcles (ancestor) (The named Androcles in the Messenian army is identified as a descendant of an earlier Androcles.) “Phintas and Androcles, the descendants of Androcles”
• elder kin: Androcles (ancestor) “in the Messenian army Phintas and Androcles, the descendants of Androcles, and the men who were posted with them, strove to show their valour.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.