Pausanias' Description of Greece

Pleuron

Role: hero · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 13

In Book 3, Chapter 13, Thestius, the father of Leda, is named as the son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron. The sons of Tyndareus, Castor and Pollux, are descended from Pleuron on their mother’s side.

Relationship record

Book 3 · Chapter 13

  • child: Thestius “Thestius, the father of Leda, was the son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron”
  • younger kin: Castor “On the mother’s side the sons of Tyndareus were descended from Pleuron”
  • younger kin: Pollux “On the mother’s side the sons of Tyndareus were descended from Pleuron”
  • younger kin: Thestius “Thestius, the father of Leda, was the son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron”

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