Æacides
Family: Epirus · Role: father of Pyrrhus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 9
In Book 1, Chapter 9, Æacides is identified as the father of Pyrrhus. By Chapter 11, his father is named as Arybbas, and Alcetas is described as his elder brother; the people of Epirus made Alcetas king. Æacides remained loyal to Olympias and joined her in fighting Aridæus and the Macedonians.
Later in Chapter 11, after receiving pardon, Æacides was prevented by Cassander from returning to Epirus. At Œnidæ, he fought Philip (brother of Cassander), was wounded, and died soon afterward.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 9
- child: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) (Pyrrhus is Æacides's son.) “Pyrrhus the son of Æacides”
Book 1 · Chapter 11
- parent: Arybbas “For Pyrrhus was the son of Æacides the son of Arybbas, whereas Alexander was the son of Olympias the daughter of Neoptolemus.”
- child: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) “And when they had killed him they brought back from exile Pyrrhus the son of Æacides.”
- siblings with Alcetas (son of Arybbas) “And the people of Epirus made Alcetas king, the son of Arybbas and elder brother of Æacides”
- with Olympias (loyal ally) “and Æacides, the son of Arybbas, in all respects remained loyal to Olympias, and even joined her in fighting against Aridæus and the Macedonians”
- enemies with Aridæus “and Æacides, the son of Arybbas, in all respects remained loyal to Olympias, and even joined her in fighting against Aridæus and the Macedonians”
- enemies with Philip (brother of Cassander) “And a battle being fought between Philip (the brother of Cassander) and Æacides at Œnidæ, Æacides was wounded and died no long time after.”
- enemies with Cassander “when he obtained pardon from them some time after Cassander again prevented his return to Epirus”
Book 4 · Chapter 35
- child: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) “of this last Pyrrhus the son of Æacides I have given an account earlier in my description of Attica.”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- child: Pyrrhus (son of Æacides) (Æacides is Pyrrhus's father.) “And Pyrrhus the son of Æacides having been king in Thesprotia in Epirus, and having done many remarkable deeds, which I have described in my account of Attica, Thrasybulus of Elis erected his statue in Altis.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.