Pythes

Family: Abdera · Role: leader of mercenaries · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 14

Pythes was an Abderite and the son of Andromachus; two statues of him were made by Lysippus. A genealogy described him as the son of Delphus, and Pytho was named after him when he was king.

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Life events

• Pytho was named after Pythes during his kingship.(Book 10 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Pytho)
  • “Those who wish to make genealogies about everything think that Pythes was the son of Delphus, and that the town got called Pytho after him when he was king.”

Book 6 · Chapter 14

• parent: Andromachus (Andromachus is Pythes's father.) “And the two statues of Pythes, the son of Andromachus, an Abderite, were made by Lysippus,”
• with Lysippus (Lysippus made Pythes's statues.) “And the two statues of Pythes, the son of Andromachus, an Abderite, were made by Lysippus,”

Book 10 · Chapter 6

• parent: Delphus “Those who wish to make genealogies about everything think that Pythes was the son of Delphus”

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