Lydian — Minor Figures

3 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.

Dascylus

father of Gyges · first appears Book 4 · Chapter 21

Book 4 · Chapter 21 · child: Gyges “Gyges, the son of Dascylus”

Gyges

son of Dascylus · first appears Book 4 · Chapter 21

Book 4 · Chapter 21 · parent: Dascylus “Gyges, the son of Dascylus”
Book 4 · Chapter 24 · child: Ardys “And Aristomenes went to Rhodes with his daughter, and from thence he intended to go to Sardis to Ardys the son of Gyges”

Adrastus (the Lydian)

fighter for the Greeks · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 6

Book 7 · Chapter 6 · enemies with Leonnatus “the inscription they wrote upon it was that he died fighting for the Greeks against Leonnatus.”

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