Thymœtes

Role: son of Oxyntas · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 18

In Book 2, Chapter 18, Thymœtes is identified as the son of Oxyntas and the last descendant of Theseus to reign at Athens. Melanthus seized the kingdom after driving him out.

Relationship record

Life events

• Melanthus seized the kingdom of Athens after driving out Thymœtes.(Book 2 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Athens)
  • With: Melanthus
  • “Melanthus also had the kingdom, after driving out Thymœtes, the son of Oxyntas, who was the last of the descendants of Theseus that reigned at Athens.”

Book 2 · Chapter 18

• parent: Oxyntas “Thymœtes, the son of Oxyntas”
• with Melanthus (Melanthus drove Thymœtes out and took the kingdom.) “Melanthus also had the kingdom, after driving out Thymœtes”
• with Theseus (interaction) “Thymœtes, the son of Oxyntas, who was the last of the descendants of Theseus that reigned at Athens”

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