Polymestor

First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

Polymestor succeeded his father, Æginetes, and reigned when Charillus and the Lacedæmonians first invaded the district round Tegea. His younger brother was Briacas. As Polymestor had no children, he was succeeded by his nephew Æchmis, the son of Briacas.

Relationship record

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• parent: Æginetes “who was succeeded by his son Polymestor during whose reign Charillus and the Lacedæmonians first invaded the district round Tegea”
• younger kin: Æchmis (uncle and nephew) “And as Polymestor had no children Æchmis succeeded, the son of Briacas, and nephew of Polymestor.”
• siblings with Briacas “Briacas was the son of Æginetes but younger than Polymestor.”
• with Æchmis (Æchmis succeeded Polymestor as king and was his nephew.) “And as Polymestor had no children Æchmis succeeded, the son of Briacas, and nephew of Polymestor.”

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