Euæphnus
Family: Spartan · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 4
During the 4th Olympiad of the people of Elis, Polychares entrusted his cattle to Euæphnus to pasture on his land in exchange for a share of their produce. Euæphnus sold the cattle to merchants sailing to Laconia, then falsely told Polychares that pirates had taken them.
When Polychares went with his son to Laconia and Euæphnus was exposed as the seller, Euæphnus slew the son. Polychares had treated him as a friend and trusted him more than all the Lacedæmonians.
Relationship record
Life events
- Polychares entrusted his cattle to Euæphnus for pasturing in exchange for a share of their produce.(Book 4 · Chapter 4)
- With: Polychares
- “This man had much cattle and, because he had not sufficient land to pasture them upon, he handed them over to Euæphnus a Spartan to feed on his land, on condition that he should have a share in the produce of the cattle.”
- Euæphnus sold Polychares’ cattle and falsely claimed pirates had stolen them.(Book 4 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Laconia)
- With: Polychares
- “Now Euæphnus was a person who preferred unrighteous gains to acting with integrity, and was generally speaking a wheedling fellow, so he sold the oxen of Polychares to merchants who sailed to Laconia, and went himself to Polychares and reported to him that some pirates had landed on the spot, and violently robbed him both of cattle and herdsmen.”
- Euæphnus slew Polychares’ son after being exposed as the cattle seller.(Book 4 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Laconia)
- With: Polychares
- “And when they went on their journey and got to Laconia, Euæphnus dared a deed more unholy than the former, he slew the son of Polychares.”
Book 4 · Chapter 4
- with Polychares (Polychares entrusted his cattle to Euæphnus for pasturing.) “he handed them over to Euæphnus a Spartan to feed on his land, on condition that he should have a share in the produce of the cattle”
- friends with Polychares “Euæphnus, whom he had treated as a friend, and trusted more than all the Lacedæmonians”
- with Polychares (Euæphnus killed Polychares's son.) “Euæphnus dared a deed more unholy than the former, he slew the son of Polychares”
Book 4 · Chapter 5
- with Polychares (The passage discusses both Polychares and Euæphnus in the context of refusing their extradition, but does not state the precise relationship between them.) “because neither would they give up Euæphnus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.