Rhodes — Minor Figures

4 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.

Timarchus

soldier · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 9

• Book 10 · Chapter 9 · with Tisander “All these were by Tisander”

Damagetus

King of Ialysus · first appears Book 4 · Chapter 24

• Book 4 · Chapter 24 · child: Diagoras “The traditions about those who are called the Diagoridæ in Rhodes, (who were descended from Diagoras, the son of Damagetus, the son of Dorieus, the son of Damagetus by the daughter of Aristomenes)”
• Book 4 · Chapter 24 · parent: Dorieus (son of Damagetus) “The traditions about those who are called the Diagoridæ in Rhodes, (who were descended from Diagoras, the son of Damagetus, the son of Dorieus, the son of Damagetus by the daughter of Aristomenes)”

Nicasylus

wrestler · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 14

• Book 6 · Chapter 14 · with Crocon “And near the statue of Nicasylus is a small brazen horse, the votive offering of Crocon of Eretria when he won the victory with a race-horse,”

Philostratus

wrestler · first appears Book 5 · Chapter 21

• Book 5 · Chapter 21 · with Eudelus “The Antiquarians of Elis say that the other statues in connection with athletes were erected in the 178th Olympiad, when Eudelus was bribed by the Rhodian Philostratus.”

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