Themistocles (son of Poliarchus)

First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 37

In Book 1, Chapter 37, Themistocles is identified as the son of Poliarchus and the great-grandson of Themistocles (who fought Xerxes), who fought the sea-fight against Xerxes and the Medes. His burial place is described as next to the tomb of Cephisodorus.

Relationship record

Book 1 · Chapter 37

• parent: Poliarchus “Themistocles the son of Poliarchus”
• elder kin: Themistocles (who fought Xerxes) “Themistocles the son of Poliarchus, the great grandson of the Themistocles that fought the great sea-fight against Xerxes and the Medes.”
• with Cephisodorus (interaction) “And next to the tomb of Cephisodorus are buried Heliodorus the Aliensian, (you may see a painting of him in the large temple of Athene): and Themistocles the son of Poliarchus”

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