Damasistratus

Role: father of Theopompus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 10

Damasistratus was king of Platæa. In Book 10, Chapter 5, he found Laius’s corpse and buried it. Earlier in the account, in Book 3, Chapter 10, Theopompus, identified as Damasistratus’s son, said that Archidamus had received a share of the money at Delphi and that Dinichas had received a bribe from the Phocians’ authorities.

Relationship record

Life events

• Damasistratus found Laius’s corpse and buried it.(Book 10 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Cross-roads)
  • With: Laius
  • “They say that Damasistratus, who was king of Platæa, came across their corpses and buried them.”

Book 3 · Chapter 10

• child: Theopompus “And Theopompus, the son of Damasistratus, said that Archidamus also had a share of the money at Delphi, and that also Dinichas, his wife, had received a bribe from the authorities of the Phocians, and that all this made Archidamus more willing to bring the Phocians aid.”

Book 6 · Chapter 18

• child: Theopompus “And having a quarrel with Theopompus, the son of Damasistratus, he wrote a book full of abuse against the Athenians and Lacedæmonians and Thebans.”

Book 10 · Chapter 5

• with Laius (Damasistratus found and buried Laius's corpse.) “They say that Damasistratus, who was king of Platæa, came across their corpses and buried them.”

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