Pausanias' Description of Greece

Tricolonus the son of Lycaon

Also known as: Tricolonus · Family: Arcadia · Role: ancestor of Tricolonus · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 21

In Book 6, Chapter 21, Tricolonus, described as a descendant and namesake of Tricolonus the son of Lycaon, connects him by descent to Lycaon. In Book 8, Chapter 35, Zœteus is identified as his son and founder of Zœtia; Paroreus, his younger son, founded Paroria.

Relationship record

Book 6 · Chapter 21

  • parent: Lycaon “Tricolonus, who the Arcadians say was a descendant as well as namesake of Tricolonus the son of Lycaon”
  • with Tricolonus (namesake descendant) (interaction) “Tricolonus, who the Arcadians say was a descendant as well as namesake of Tricolonus the son of Lycaon”

Book 8 · Chapter 35

  • child: Zœteus (Tricolonus was Zœteus's father.) “Zœtia about 15 stades from Tricoloni, (not in a direct line but a little to the left); was founded they say by Zœteus the son of Tricolonus.”
  • child: Paroreus (Tricolonus was Paroreus's father.) “And Paroreus, the younger son of Tricolonus, founded Paroria, which is about 10 stades from Zœtia.”

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