Triopas
Role: mythological king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16
Triopas was named as the father of Phorbas, Iasus, and Agenor. In Book 2, Pelasgus was described as his son, who built a sanctuary.
In Book 4, Messene was identified as his daughter and as the daughter of Phorbas. In Book 7, the Argive tradition named Pellen as the son of Phorbas and grandson of Triopas.
Relationship record
Book 2 · Chapter 16
- parent: Phorbas “and to Phorbas Triopas”
- child: Iasus “and to Triopas Iasus and Agenor.”
- child: Agenor (son of Triopas) “and to Triopas Iasus and Agenor.”
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- child: Pelasgus “Pelasgus the son of Triopas built it”
Book 4 · Chapter 1
- child: Messene (Triopas is the father of Messene.) “the Argive Messene, the daughter of Triopas, the son of Phorbas.”
- parent: Phorbas (Phorbas is the father of Triopas.) “the daughter of Triopas, the son of Phorbas.”
Book 4 · Chapter 3
- child: Messene “Messene the daughter of Triopas”
Book 4 · Chapter 26
- child: Messene (Triopas is Messene's father.) “And they say the person who appeared to Epiteles and Epaminondas in their dreams was Caucon, who formerly came from Athens to Andania to Messene the daughter of Triopas.”
Book 4 · Chapter 27
- child: Messene “especially Messene the daughter of Triopas”
Book 7 · Chapter 26
- younger kin: Pellen “but according to the tradition of the Argives from the Argive Pellen, who was they say the son of Phorbas and grandson of Triopas.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.