Xenias
Family: Elis · Role: conspirator · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 8
In Book 3, Chapter 8, Xenias, a man of Elis who was privately friendly with Agis (son of Archidamus) and publicly championed the Lacedæmonians, led a faction that was defeated by Thrasydæus, who drove them from Elis.
In Book 5, Chapter 4, during Agis (son of Archidamus)’s incursion into Elis, Xenias “played the traitor.” Book 7, Chapter 10, likewise describes him as having endeavoured to betray Elis to the Lacedæmonians and Agis (son of Archidamus).
Relationship record
Life events
- Thrasydæus defeated Xenias and his wealthy faction, driving them from Elis.(Book 3 · Chapter 8 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Thrasydæus
- “Thrasydæus, who was at this time the leader of the populace at Elis, conquered Xenias and his faction in battle and drove them from the city.”
- Xenias betrayed Elis during Agis’s incursion.(Book 5 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Agis (son of Archidamus)
- “And on the occasion of Agis making an incursion into Elis, when Xenias played the traitor”
Book 3 · Chapter 8
- friends with Agis (son of Archidamus) “And Xenias a man of Elis, who was privately friendly to Agis and publicly a champion of the Lacedæmonians”
- enemies with Thrasydæus “but before Agis and the army could come up and cooperate with them Thrasydæus, who was at this time the leader of the populace at Elis, conquered Xenias and his faction in battle and drove them from the city.”
Book 5 · Chapter 4
- with Agis (son of Archidamus) (Xenias's treachery occurred during Agis's incursion.) “And on the occasion of Agis making an incursion into Elis, when Xenias played the traitor”
Book 7 · Chapter 10
- with Agis (son of Archidamus) (Xenias attempted to betray Elis to Agis.) “Xenias, a native of Elis, endeavoured to betray Elis to the Lacedæmonians and Agis”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.