Arimnestus

Family: Tyrrhenians · Role: king · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 12

Life events

• Arimnestus became the first foreigner to offer a votive offering to Olympian Zeus.(Book 5 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Zeus
  • “Arimnestus king of the Tyrrhenians, (who was the first foreigner that offered a votive offering to Olympian Zeus,)”
• Arimnestus commanded the Platæans in battle against Mardonius.(Book 9 · Chapter 4)
  • With: Mardonius
  • “Arimnestus, who commanded the Platæans in the fight against Mardonius”
• Arimnestus commanded the Platæans at Marathon.(Book 9 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Marathon)
  • “and still earlier at Marathon”

Book 5 · Chapter 12

• with Zeus (Arimnestus offered a votive offering to Zeus.) “the throne of Arimnestus king of the Tyrrhenians, (who was the first foreigner that offered a votive offering to Olympian Zeus,)”

Book 9 · Chapter 4

• with Mardonius (Arimnestus commanded the Platæans against Mardonius.) “at the base of the statue of the goddess is an effigy of Arimnestus, who commanded the Platæans in the fight against Mardonius and still earlier at Marathon.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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