Damaretus
Family: Heræa · Role: father of Narycidas · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 5
In Book 5, Chapter 5, Aristotimus, son of Damaretus and grandson of Etymon, obtained sovereignty at Elis with assistance from Antigonus, king of the Macedonians.
By the 65th Olympiad, Book 6 records Damaretus winning twice at Olympia, including the first race in heavy armour and the race at the next Olympiad. His son Narycidas was a wrestler from Phigalia; his son and grandson, both named Theopompus, won the pentathlon. Damaretus, described as a Messenian who beat all the boys in boxing, had a statue by Silanion.
Relationship record
Life events
- Aristotimus obtained sovereignty at Elis with Antigonus’s assistance.(Book 5 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Aristotimus Antigonus (son of Demetrius) Demetrius (father of Antigonus)
- “And in process of time Aristotimus, the son of Damaretus, the son of Etymon, obtained the sovereignty at Elis, partly through the assistance of Antigonus the son of Demetrius, who was king of the Macedonians.”
- Damaretus won twice at Olympia, including the first heavy-armour race.(Book 6 · Chapter 10 · 📍 Olympia)
- “Damaretus in the 65th Olympiad, when first the race in heavy armour was instituted, and also in the next Olympiad.”
Book 5 · Chapter 5
- child: Aristotimus “Aristotimus, the son of Damaretus, the son of Etymon, obtained the sovereignty at Elis”
- parent: Etymon “Aristotimus, the son of Damaretus, the son of Etymon, obtained the sovereignty at Elis”
Book 6 · Chapter 6
- child: Narycidas “Narycidas, the son of Damaretus, a wrestler from Phigalia”
Book 6 · Chapter 10
- child: Theopompus (son of Damaretus) (Damaretus is the father of the first Theopompus.) “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum”
- with Theopompus (grandson of Damaretus) (The second Theopompus is identified as Damaretus's grandson.) “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- with Silanion (Silanion made Damaretus's statue.) “And Damaretus, also a Messenian, who beat all the boys in boxing has a statue by the Athenian Silanion.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.