Memnon
Family: Greek · Role: hero · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 42
Memnon was associated with differing accounts of a statue: the Thebans identified it as Phamenophes, while others said it was Sesostris; Cambyses cut it in two. His sword was kept in the temple of Æsculapius at Nicomedia.
Before marching to Ilium, Memnon came from Susa in Persia and the river Choaspes, having vanquished the surrounding tribes. At Ilium, he fought Achilles in single combat, and one of his hands is shown on Sarpedon’s shoulder.
Relationship record
Life events
- Memnon vanquished the surrounding tribes before marching from Susa to Ilium.(Book 10 · Chapter 31 · 📍 Susa)
- “However he did not come to Ilium from Ethiopia, but from Susa in Persia and the river Choaspes, after vanquishing all the tribes in that neighbourhood.”
Book 1 · Chapter 42
- with Phamenophes (The passage presents competing identifications of the statue.) “But the Thebans say it was a statue not of Memnon, but Phamenophes a Theban, and I have heard people say it was Sesostris.”
- with Sesostris (The passage presents competing identifications of the statue.) “But the Thebans say it was a statue not of Memnon, but Phamenophes a Theban, and I have heard people say it was Sesostris.”
- with Cambyses (Cambyses mutilated the statue identified by some as Memnon.) “This statue Cambyses cut in two.”
Book 3 · Chapter 3
- with Æsculapius (interaction) “and the sword of Memnon in the temple of Æsculapius at Nicomedia”
Book 3 · Chapter 18
- enemies with Achilles “There too is the single combat between Achilles and Memnon”
- with Achilles (interaction) “the single combat between Achilles and Memnon”
Book 5 · Chapter 19
- rivals with Achilles “Achilles and Memnon are fighting”
- enemies with Achilles “Achilles and Memnon are fighting”
Book 5 · Chapter 22
- rivals with Achilles “And at each extremity of the basement stand Achilles and Memnon in the attitude of antagonists.”
- enemies with Achilles “And at each extremity of the basement stand Achilles and Memnon in the attitude of antagonists.”
Book 10 · Chapter 31
- with Sarpedon (Memnon is depicted with a hand on Sarpedon's shoulder.) “one of Memnon’s hands is on Sarpedon’s shoulder.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.