Hermesianax

Family: Colophon · Role: athlete · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 17

In Book 6, Chapter 17, the Colophonian community erected a statue to Hermesianax. The account identifies him as “the son of Agoneus” and names Icasius as “the son of Lycinus by the daughter of Hermesianax.” In Book 7, Chapter 18, Eurytion is mentioned in the account of the people of Olenus leaving their town and settling at Piræ and Euryteæ.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Colophonian community erected a statue to Hermesianax.(Book 6 · Chapter 17)
  • “Hermesianax had his statue erected by the Colophonian community.”

Book 6 · Chapter 17

• parent: Agoneus (Agoneus is Hermesianax's father.) “Hermesianax the son of Agoneus”
• with Icasius (Hermesianax is identified as Icasius's maternal grandfather.) “Icasius the son of Lycinus by the daughter of Hermesianax,”

Book 7 · Chapter 18

• with Eurytion (No direct relationship is stated in the contiguous passage naming Hermesianax and Eurytion.) “But in process of time they say the people of Olenus left it in consequence of its weakness, and betook themselves to Piræ and Euryteæ.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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