Pallas
Family: mythological · Role: rebel against Theseus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 22
Some time after, Pallas and his sons revolted against Theseus, who slew them and went to Træzen to be purified. At Delphinium, Theseus was acquitted for killing Pallas and his sons, who had risen against him.
In Book 8, Pallas, Orestheus, and Phigalus built Pallantium, Oresthasium, and Phigalia respectively. Pallas was a son of Lycaon and a brother of Nyctimus; according to Hesiod, he was married to Styx.
Relationship record
Life events
- Pallas and his sons revolted against Theseus, who slew them.(Book 1 · Chapter 22)
- With: Theseus
- “And some time after Pallas and his sons revolted against Theseus, and he having slain them went to Træzen to be purified of the murder”
- Theseus was acquitted for killing Pallas and his sons.(Book 1 · Chapter 28 · 📍 Delphinium)
- With: Theseus
- “which was the plea of Theseus when he was acquitted for killing Pallas and his sons who rose up against him.”
- Pallas, Orestheus, and Phigalus founded Pallantium, Oresthasium, and Phigalia.(Book 8 · Chapter 3)
Book 1 · Chapter 22
- enemies with Theseus “And some time after Pallas and his sons revolted against Theseus, and he having slain them went to Træzen to be purified of the murder”
Book 1 · Chapter 28
- with Theseus (interaction) “which was the plea of Theseus when he was acquitted for killing Pallas and his sons who rose up against him.”
- enemies with Theseus (Pallas rose up against Theseus, who killed him.) “which was the plea of Theseus when he was acquitted for killing Pallas and his sons who rose up against him.”
Book 8 · Chapter 3
- parent: Lycaon “Pallas and Orestheus and Phigalus built Pallantium”
- siblings with Nyctimus “Nyctimus was the eldest son of Lycaon and succeeded to all his power, and his brothers built cities where each fancied”
Book 8 · Chapter 18
- married with Styx “Hesiod has represented Styx in his Theogony, (for there are some who assign the Theogony to Hesiod), as the daughter of Oceanus and the wife of Pallas.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.