Herodotus' Histories

Polycritos (son of Crios)

Also known as: Polycritos · Family: Eginetan · Role: individual man · First appears: Book 8 · §90–98

Life events

  • Polycritos captured the Sidonian ship, and Pytheas was brought safely to Egina.(Book 8 · §90–98 · 📍 Egina)
    • With: Pytheas
    • “The Sidonian ship then was captured bearing with it this man as well as the Persians of whom I spoke, so that Pytheas thus came safe to Egina.”

Book 8 · §90–98

  • parent: Crios (father of Polycritos) “Then there met one another the ship of Themistocles, which was pursuing a ship of the enemy, and that of Polycritos the son of Crios the Eginetan.”
  • with Themistocles (Polycritos mocked and reproached Themistocles.) “Now when Polycritos looked at the Athenian vessel he recognised when he saw it the sign of the admiral's ship, and shouting out he addressed Themistocles with mockery about the accusation brought against the Eginetans of taking the side of the Medes, and reproached him.”

Also listed in Eginetan — Minor Figures

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