Pausanias' Description of Greece

Samos

Role: child of Ancæus and Samia · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 4

In Book 7, Chapter 4, Samos is named as a child of Ancæus and Samia, alongside siblings Perilaus, Enudus, Alitherses and Parthenope. At this time, Samos received the Ionian colonists “rather of necessity than goodwill.”

Relationship record

Life events

  • Samos received the Ionian colonists unwillingly.(Book 7 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Samos)
    • “Those who inhabited Samos at this time received the Ionian colonists rather of necessity than goodwill.”

Book 7 · Chapter 4

  • parent: Ancæus (son of Poseidon) “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”
  • parent: Samia “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”
  • siblings with Perilaus (son of Ancæus) “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”
  • siblings with Enudus “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”
  • siblings with Alitherses “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”
  • siblings with Parthenope “and their children were Perilaus and Enudus and Samos and Alitherses and one daughter Parthenope”

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