Crios (son of Polycritos)

Also known as: Crios · Family: Eginetan · Role: son of Polycritos · First appears: Book 6 · §50–57

Life events

• Crios and other Eginetans opposed Cleomenes as he tried to seize the most guilty Eginetans.(Book 6 · §50–57 · 📍 Egina)
  • With: Cleomenes
  • “but as he was attempting to seize them, certain of the Eginetans opposed him, and among them especially Crios the son of Polycritos”
• The Spartan kings took ten prominent Eginetans prisoner and placed them in Athenian custody.(Book 6 · §66–74 · 📍 Attica)
  • With: Cleomenes Leotychides Polycritos (father of Crios) Casambos Aristocrates
  • “and the Spartans selected ten men who were the most considerable among the Eginetans both by wealth and by birth, and took them away as prisoners, and among others also Crios the son of Polycritos and Casambos the son of Aristocrates, who had the greatest power among them; and having taken these away to the land of Attica, they deposited them as a charge with the Athenians, who were the bitterest enemies of the Eginetans.”

Book 6 · §50–57

• parent: Polycritos (father of Crios) “Crios the son of Polycritos,”

Book 6 · §66–74

• parent: Polycritos (father of Crios) “and among others also Crios the son of Polycritos and Casambos the son of Aristocrates”

Also listed in Eginetan — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.