Argonauts — Minor Figures

10 figures from The Argonautica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Erginus

hero · first appears Book I 2

• Book I 2 · parent: Poseidon “two other sons of Poseidon came; one Erginus”
• Book I 2 · siblings with Ancaeus son of Poseidon “two other sons of Poseidon came; one Erginus, who left the citadel of glorious Miletus, the other proud Ancaeus”

Periclymenus

hero · first appears Book I 2

• Book I 2 · parent: Neleus “Neleian Periclymenus set out to come, eldest of all the sons of godlike Neleus who were born at Pylos”
• Book I 2 · patron: Poseidon “Poseidon had given him boundless strength and granted him that whatever shape he should crave during the fight, that he should take in the stress of battle.”

Acastus

hero · first appears Book I 2

• Book I 2 · parent: Pelias “Acastus son of mighty Pelias himself”
• Book I 8 · enemies with Sphodris “and Acastus slew Sphodris”

Lynceus

hero · first appears Book I 2

• Book I 2 · parent: Aphareus “The sons of Aphareus, Lynceus and proud Idas, came from Arene”
• Book I 2 · siblings with Idas “The sons of Aphareus, Lynceus and proud Idas, came from Arene”

Palaemonius

hero · first appears Book I 2

• Book I 2 · parent: Hephaestus “his birth was from Hephaestus”
• Book I 2 · parent: Lernus “With him came Palaemonius, son of Olenian Lernus, of Lernus by repute, but his birth was from Hephaestus;”

Autolycus

hero · first appears Book II 8

• Book II 8 · parent: Deimachus “the sons of noble Deimachus of Tricca were still dwelling, Deileon, Autolycus and Phlogius”

Deileon

hero · first appears Book II 8

• Book II 8 · parent: Deimachus “the sons of noble Deimachus of Tricca were still dwelling, Deileon, Autolycus and Phlogius”

Phlogius

hero · first appears Book II 8

• Book II 8 · parent: Deimachus “the sons of noble Deimachus of Tricca were still dwelling, Deileon, Autolycus and Phlogius”

Oileus

hero · first appears Book II 8

• Book II 8 · friends with Eribotes “And Eribotes from his seat hard by drew out the feather, and bound up the wound when he had loosed the strap hanging from his own sword-sheath; and besides the first, another bird appeared swooping down”
• Book II 8 · with Eribotes “And Eribotes from his seat hard by drew out the feather, and bound up the wound when he had loosed the strap hanging from his own sword-sheath;”

Aeastus

companion of Jason · first appears Book I 3

• Book I 3 · siblings with Pelopeia “the other, a fair mantle of double fold, which his sister Pelopeia had given him.”

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