Althepus

Family: Trœzen · Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 30

In Book 2, Chapter 30, Althepus is named as the son of Poseidon and Leis, daughter of Orus. Succeeding Orus, he called the country Althepia. In Chapter 32, he is said to have built a temple to Demeter above the temple of Poseidon.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 30

• parent: Poseidon “Althepus the son of Poseidon by Leis the daughter of Orus”
• parent: Leis “Althepus the son of Poseidon by Leis the daughter of Orus”
• with Orus (Althepus succeeded Orus as king.) “and Althepus the son of Poseidon by Leis the daughter of Orus, succeeding to Orus, called the country Althepia.”

Book 2 · Chapter 32

• with Demeter (interaction) “And above the temple of Poseidon is Law-giving Demeter, which was built they say by Althepus.”

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