Greek — Minor Figures
14 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Alcmene
heroine · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 41
- Book 1 · Chapter 41 · with Apollo “But Apollo at Delphi gave the oracular response that it would be better for them to bury Alcmena at Megara”
Pisias
artist · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 3
- Book 1 · Chapter 3 · with Apollo “And in the council chamber are erected statues to Zeus the Counsellor, and to Apollo (the artistic design of Pisias)”
Callimachus
artist · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 26
- Book 1 · Chapter 26 · with Athene “And Callimachus made a golden lamp for the goddess.”
- Book 9 · Chapter 2 · with Hera “There is also another statue of Hera in a sitting position by Callimachus, they call this statue The Bride for the following reason.”
Sophocles
tragic dramatist · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 21
- Book 1 · Chapter 21 · with Dionysus “and their leader saw in a dream Dionysus standing by him, and bidding him honour the new Siren with all the honours paid to the dead: and the dream seemed manifestly to refer to Sophocles and his plays.”
- Book 1 · Chapter 28 · with Œdipus “for I could not credit Sophocles’ account about the death of Œdipus”
Meriones
hero · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 3
- Book 3 · Chapter 3 · with Homer “That in the days of the heroes all arms alike were brass is borne witness to by Homer in the lines which refer to the axe of Pisander and the arrow of Meriones.”
Polymnis
father of Epaminondas · first appears Book 8 · Chapter 52
- Book 8 · Chapter 52 · child: Epaminondas “Epaminondas the son of Polymnis”
Aristides
inventor · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 20
- Book 6 · Chapter 20 · with Cleœtas “They say too that Aristides subsequently somewhat improved the invention.”
- Book 8 · Chapter 52 · parent: Lysimachus “Aristides the son of Lysimachus”
Aristomenidas
ambassador · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 9
- Book 3 · Chapter 9 · younger kin: Agesilaus “And Aristomenidas was sent as ambassador to Thebes, the father of Agesilaus’ mother”
Neocles
father of Themistocles · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 36
- Book 1 · Chapter 36 · child: Themistocles “the victory which Themistocles the son of Neocles won for the Greeks.”
Stesichorus of Himera
poet · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 2
- Book 9 · Chapter 2 · with Actæon “And Stesichorus of Himera has represented the goddess as dressing Actæon in a deerskin, so that his dogs should devour him, that he should not be married to Semele.”
Orsippus
athlete and general · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 44
- Book 1 · Chapter 44 · with Corœbus “Next Corœbus is buried Orsippus”
Olbiades
painter · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 3
- Book 1 · Chapter 3 · with Callippus “but Olbiades painted Callippus, who led the Athenians to Thermopylæ to prevent the invasion of the Galati into Greece”
Lycius
sculptor · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 23
- Book 1 · Chapter 23 · parent: Myron “the boy in brass with a laver in his hand by Lycius the son of Myron”
Lyson
artist · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 3
- Book 1 · Chapter 3 · with Demos “and to Demos (the work of Lyson)”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.