Pausanias' Description of Greece

Androgeos

Family: Crete · Role: son of Minos · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 1

Androgeos was the son of Minos. At Marathon, a bull reached the township and killed several people, including Androgeos. Theseus later sailed from Phalerum to avenge Androgeos’s death by Minos.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Theseus sailed to avenge Androgeos's death by Minos.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Phalerum)
    • With: Theseus Minos
    • “and before him Theseus to exact vengeance from Minos for the death of Androgeos.”
  • The bull killed Androgeos after reaching Marathon.(Book 1 · Chapter 27 · 📍 Marathon)
    • With: Minos
    • “and into Attica to the township of Marathon, and killed several people whom it met, and among them Androgeos the son of Minos.”

Book 1 · Chapter 1

  • parent: Minos “There is also an altar of Androgeos the son of Minos”
  • with Theseus (Theseus sought vengeance for Androgeos's death.) “Theseus to exact vengeance from Minos for the death of Androgeos”

Book 1 · Chapter 27

  • parent: Minos (Minos is Androgeos's father.) “Androgeos the son of Minos”

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