Alexanor

Role: son of Machaon · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 11

Alexanor was the son of Machaon and grandson of Æsculapius. Afterwards, he came to Sicyon and built a temple of Æsculapius at Titane.

Sphyrus, also a son of Machaon, was Alexanor’s brother; Polemocrates is likewise identified as his brother.

Relationship record

Life events

• Alexanor came to Sicyon and built a temple of Æsculapius at Titane.(Book 2 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Titane)
  • With: Machaon Æsculapius
  • “And afterwards Alexanor, the son of Machaon, the son of Æsculapius, came to Sicyon, and built a temple of Æsculapius at Titane.”

Book 2 · Chapter 11

• parent: Machaon (Machaon is Alexanor's father.) “And afterwards Alexanor, the son of Machaon, the son of Æsculapius, came to Sicyon, and built a temple of Æsculapius at Titane.”
• with Æsculapius (Alexanor built a temple to Æsculapius.) “And afterwards Alexanor, the son of Machaon, the son of Æsculapius, came to Sicyon, and built a temple of Æsculapius at Titane.”

Book 2 · Chapter 23

• siblings with Sphyrus “That temple was originally built by Sphyrus, the son of Machaon, and the brother of the Alexanor who has honours among the Sicyonians at Titane.”

Book 2 · Chapter 38

• siblings with Polemocrates “He was the son of Machaon, and brother of Alexanor”

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