Greek Mythology — Minor Figures
20 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.
Ceyx
king of Trachis · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 32
- Book 1 · Chapter 32 · friends with Hercules “When Hercules fled from Eurystheus at Tiryns, he went to his friend Ceyx the king of Trachis.”
Macaria
daughter of Deianira and Hercules · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 32
- Book 1 · Chapter 32 · parent: Deianira “Hereupon Macaria, the daughter of Deianira and Hercules, sacrificed herself that the Athenians might conquer in the war, and the fountain gets its name from her.”
- Book 1 · Chapter 32 · parent: Hercules “Hereupon Macaria, the daughter of Deianira and Hercules, sacrificed herself that the Athenians might conquer in the war, and the fountain gets its name from her.”
Æthusa
daughter of Poseidon · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 20
- Book 9 · Chapter 20 · child: Eleuther “who was the son of Apollo by Æthusa the daughter of Poseidon”
- Book 9 · Chapter 20 · parent: Poseidon “Æthusa the daughter of Poseidon”
Mene
goddess · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 26
- Book 6 · Chapter 26 · with Dionysus “And the old theatre between the market-place and the temple of the goddess Mene is the theatre and temple of Dionysus”
Ptoliporthes
son of Penelope and Odysseus · first appears Book 8 · Chapter 12
- Book 8 · Chapter 12 · parent: Penelope “For in it she is represented as having borne a son Ptoliporthes to Odysseus after his return from Troy.”
- Book 8 · Chapter 12 · parent: Odysseus “For in it she is represented as having borne a son Ptoliporthes to Odysseus after his return from Troy.”
Thyræus
mythic figure · first appears Book 8 · Chapter 35
- Book 8 · Chapter 35 · parent: Lycaon “I have previously shewn that Thyræus and Hypsus were sons of Lycaon.”
Euphorbus
warrior · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 17
- Book 2 · Chapter 17 · with Menelaus “the spear which Menelaus took from Euphorbus at Ilium”
- Book 7 · Chapter 10 · parent: Alcimachus “Euphorbus, the son of Alcimachus”
Corinna
poet · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 20
- Book 9 · Chapter 20 · with Tanagra “Corinna in her verses about her says that she was the daughter of Asopus”
- Book 9 · Chapter 22 · rivals with Pindar “her head is adorned with a fillet because of her victory over Pindar at Thebes.”
Deianira
mother of Macaria · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 32