Theronice

Role: daughter of Dexamenus · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 3

Theronice was one of the daughters of Dexamenus, king at Olenus. In Book 5, Chapter 3, she is described as the wife of Cteatus and the mother of Amphimachus. Her son and Theræphone’s son, Thalpius, were cousins.

Relationship record

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• parent: Dexamenus (Theronice is identified as one of Dexamenus's daughters.) “the daughters of Dexamenus who was king at Olenus”
• siblings with Theræphone (The two women are the two sisters previously identified as daughters of Dexamenus.) “the one had by Theronice Amphimachus, and the other Eurytus had by Theræphone Thalpius”
• child: Amphimachus (son of Cteatus) (Theronice is stated to have had Amphimachus.) “the one had by Theronice Amphimachus”
• married with Cteatus (The passage identifies the mother of Amphimachus as Theronice and the father as Cteatus elsewhere in the chapter.) “For the sons of Actor married two sisters, the daughters of Dexamenus who was king at Olenus, and the one had by Theronice Amphimachus”

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