Attalus (son)

Also known as: Attalus · Role: king and Athenian Eponymus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 8

Attalus, son of Attalus and nephew of Philetærus, was the cousin of Eumenes, from whom he received the kingdom. At Galatia, he compelled the Galati to leave the coast and settle inland, in the country they now inhabit.

Relationship record

Life events

Attalus received the kingdom from his cousin Eumenes.(Book 1 · Chapter 8)
- With: Eumenes
- “But this Attalus was the son of Attalus, and nephew of Philetærus, and got the kingdom from Eumenes his cousin handing it over to him.”
Attalus compelled the Galati to leave the coast and settle inland in Galatia.(Book 1 · Chapter 8 · 📍 Galatia)
- “And this is the greatest of his exploits, that he compelled the Galati to leave the coast and go inland to Galatia, the country which they now inhabit.”

Book 1 · Chapter 8

parent: Attalus (father) (The text names both father and son Attalus.) “this Attalus was the son of Attalus”
elder kin: Philetærus (Philetærus was Attalus' uncle.) “and nephew of Philetærus”
cousins with Eumenes “Eumenes his cousin”
with Eumenes (Eumenes handed the kingdom to Attalus.) “got the kingdom from Eumenes his cousin handing it over to him”

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