Pausanias' Description of Greece

Sphyrus

Role: son of Machaon · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 23

Life events

  • Sphyrus originally built the temple of Æsculapius.(Book 2 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Argos)
    • With: Æsculapius
    • “That temple was originally built by Sphyrus, the son of Machaon”

Book 2 · Chapter 23

  • parent: Machaon (Machaon is Sphyrus's father.) “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.”
  • siblings with Alexanor “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.”

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