Epirote — Minor Figures

4 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Molossus

son of Pyrrhus · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 11

Book 1 · Chapter 11 · parent: Pyrrhus (son of Achilles) “And he had no son by Hermione, but by Andromache he had Molossus and Pielus and the youngest Pergamus.”
Book 1 · Chapter 11 · parent: Andromache “by Andromache he had Molossus and Pielus and the youngest Pergamus”

Alcetas (son of Arybbas)

elder brother of Æacides · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 11

Book 1 · Chapter 11 · parent: Arybbas “And the people of Epirus made Alcetas king, the son of Arybbas and elder brother of Æacides”
Book 1 · Chapter 11 · siblings with Æacides “And the people of Epirus made Alcetas king, the son of Arybbas and elder brother of Æacides”

Alexander (son of Neoptolemus)

son of Neoptolemus; died in Lucania · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 11

Book 1 · Chapter 11 · parent: Neoptolemus “Alexander the son of Neoptolemus died in Lucania”

Tharypus

father of Alcetas · first appears Book 1 · Chapter 11

Book 1 · Chapter 11 · child: Alcetas (son of Tharypus) “Now, Neoptolemus and Arybbas had the same father, Alcetas the son of Tharypus.”

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