Astacos

Family: Theban · Role: father of Melanippos · First appears: Book 5 · §63–69

Life events

• Cleisthenes brought Melanippos to Sikyon and established a sacred enclosure for him.(Book 5 · §63–69 · 📍 Sikyon)
  • With: Cleisthenes (Sikyon) Melanippos Adrastos Mekisteus Tydeus
  • “So since the god did not permit him to do this, he went away home and considered means by which Adrastos should be brought to depart of his own accord: and when he thought that he had discovered them, he sent to Thebes in Boeotia and said that he desired to introduce into his city Melanippos the son of Astacos, and the Thebans gave him leave. So Cleisthenes introduced Melanippos into his city, and appointed for him a sacred enclosure within the precincts of the City Hall itself, and established him there in the strongest position.”

Book 5 · §63–69

• child: Melanippos “Melanippos the son of Astacos”

Also listed in Theban — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.