Harpalus
Family: Patræ · Role: Macedonian · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 37
Before coming to Athens, Harpalus married Pythionice, who had been a courtesan in Athens and Corinth. After her death, he raised a monument to her, described as “the finest of all the ancient works of art in Greece.”
At Athens, Harpalus was arrested but escaped by bribing the friends of Alexander (son of Philip) and others. He later fled Athens and crossed to Crete, where he was murdered by attendant slaves; some said Macedonian Pausanias had treacherously killed him. At Rhodes, Philoxenus arrested Harpalus’s money dispenser, having also demanded Harpalus’s extradition from the Athenians.
Relationship record
Life events
- Harpalus escaped arrest in Athens by bribing Alexander’s friends and others.(Book 1 · Chapter 37 · 📍 Athens)
- With: Alexander (son of Philip)
- “coming to Athens was arrested by the Athenians, but escaped by bribing the friends of Alexander and others”
- Harpalus married Pythionice, who had been a courtesan at Athens and Corinth.(Book 1 · Chapter 37)
- With: Pythionice
- “and before this had married Pythionice, whose extraction I don’t know, but she was a courtesan both at Athens and Corinth.”
- After Pythionice died, Harpalus raised an exceptionally magnificent monument to her.(Book 1 · Chapter 37)
- With: Pythionice
- “He was so enamoured of her that, when she died, he raised this monument to her, the finest of all the ancient works of art in Greece.”
- Harpalus was murdered after fleeing Athens and reaching Crete.(Book 2 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Crete)
- With: Macedonian Pausanias
- “Harpalus, after having fled from Athens and crossed over with the fleet to Crete, was murdered not long afterwards by some of his attendant slaves: but some say he was treacherously murdered by the Macedonian Pausanias.”
- Philoxenus arrested Harpalus’s money dispenser at Rhodes.(Book 2 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Rhodes)
- With: Philoxenus
- “And the dispenser of the money fled to Rhodes, and was arrested by Philoxenus the Macedonian, who had also demanded the extradition of Harpalus from the Athenians.”
Book 1 · Chapter 37
- married with Pythionice “and before this had married Pythionice”
- with Pythionice (Harpalus was enamoured of Pythionice and raised a monument to her.) “He was so enamoured of her that, when she died, he raised this monument to her”
- with Alexander (son of Philip) (interaction) “Harpalus a Macedonian, who had fled from Alexander and sailed to Europe from Asia”
Book 2 · Chapter 33
- with Pausanias (Pausanias was alleged to have murdered Harpalus.) “some say he was treacherously murdered by the Macedonian Pausanias”
- with Philoxenus (Philoxenus demanded Harpalus's extradition.) “who had also demanded the extradition of Harpalus from the Athenians”
- with Macedonian Pausanias (According to some accounts, Macedonian Pausanias treacherously murdered Harpalus.) “Harpalus, after having fled from Athens and crossed over with the fleet to Crete, was murdered not long afterwards by some of his attendant slaves: but some say he was treacherously murdered by the Macedonian Pausanias.”
Book 7 · Chapter 18
- child: Deritus (Harpalus is Deritus's father.) “the son of Deritus, the son of Harpalus, the son of Amyclas the son of Lacedæmon.”
- parent: Amyclas (Amyclas is Harpalus's father.) “the son of Deritus, the son of Harpalus, the son of Amyclas the son of Lacedæmon.”
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