Archilochus
Role: poet · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 10
In Book 7, Chapter 10, Archilochus mentioned Abrupolis, king of the Sapæans, in one of his iambic verses. In Book 10, Chapter 28, he is identified as the great-grandson of Tellis.
By Book 10, Chapter 31, Polygnotus was said to have followed Archilochus’s account of Tantalus’s legend, though it was not known whether Archilochus had invented its addition about the stone or repeated what he had heard.
Relationship record
Book 7 · Chapter 10
- with Abrupolis (Archilochus mentioned Abrupolis in an iambic verse.) “Abrupolis, the king of the Sapæans, (who are mentioned by Archilochus in one of his Iambic verses)”
Book 10 · Chapter 28
- with Tellis (Archilochus was Tellis's great-grandson.) “Of Tellis I know nothing more than that Archilochus was his greatgrandson.”
- younger kin: Tellis (Archilochus was Tellis's great-grandfather.) “Of Tellis I know nothing more than that Archilochus was his greatgrandson.”
Book 10 · Chapter 31
- with Polygnotus (Polygnotus followed Archilochus's account.) “It is plain that Polygnotus followed the account of Archilochus: but I do not know whether Archilochus invented the addition to the legend about the stone, or merely related what he had heard from others.”
- with Tantalus (Archilochus is associated with the addition to Tantalus's legend.) “It is plain that Polygnotus followed the account of Archilochus: but I do not know whether Archilochus invented the addition to the legend about the stone, or merely related what he had heard from others.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.