Thebans — Minor Figures
6 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.
Amphithemis
recipient of Timocrates' money · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 9
- Book 3 · Chapter 9 · with Timocrates “And those who received Timocrates’ money were it is said Cylon and Sodamas among the Argives, and at Thebes Androclides and Ismenias and Amphithemis: and the Athenians Cephalus and Epicrates had a share, and the Corinthians with Argive proclivities as Polyanthes and Timolaus.”
Androclides
recipient of Timocrates' money · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 9
- Book 3 · Chapter 9 · with Timocrates “And those who received Timocrates’ money were it is said Cylon and Sodamas among the Argives, and at Thebes Androclides and Ismenias and Amphithemis: and the Athenians Cephalus and Epicrates had a share, and the Corinthians with Argive proclivities as Polyanthes and Timolaus.”
Ismenias
recipient of Timocrates' money · first appears Book 3 · Chapter 9
- Book 3 · Chapter 9 · with Timocrates “And those who received Timocrates’ money were it is said Cylon and Sodamas among the Argives, and at Thebes Androclides and Ismenias and Amphithemis: and the Athenians Cephalus and Epicrates had a share, and the Corinthians with Argive proclivities as Polyanthes and Timolaus.”
Pytheas
fugitive · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 15
- Book 7 · Chapter 15 · with Metellus “But Metellus would not allow his men either to set on fire the temples of the gods or to pull down any buildings, or to kill or take alive any of the fugitives except Pytheas, but him, if they should capture him, they were to bring before him. And Pytheas was forthwith found, and brought before Metellus, and executed.”
Asphodicus
warrior · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 18
- Book 9 · Chapter 18 · with Parthenopæus “the tomb of Asphodicus, who slew in the battle against the Argives Parthenopæus the son of Talaus”
Periclymenus
warrior · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 18
- Book 2 · Chapter 18 · child: Penthilus (ancestor) “Borus, the son of Penthilus, the son of Periclymenus”
- Book 9 · Chapter 18 · with Parthenopæus “the verses in the Thebais about the death of Parthenopæus say that Periclymenus killed him”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.