Pausanias' Description of Greece

Lacrates

Family: Aetolian · Role: person · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 19

In Book 6, Chapter 19, Lacrates joined his father Pyrrhus and brother Hermon in building a treasury at Olympia for the people of Epidamnus. In Book 10, Chapter 20, he was among the Ætolians under the command of Polyarchus and Polyphron as Greek contingents gathered at Thermopylæ against the Galati.

Relationship record

Life events

Book 6 · Chapter 19

  • parent: Pyrrhus (father of Lacrates and Hermon) “And Pyrrhus and his sons Lacrates and Hermon made this treasury for the people of Epidamnus.”
  • siblings with Hermon “And Pyrrhus and his sons Lacrates and Hermon made this treasury for the people of Epidamnus.”

Book 10 · Chapter 20

  • with Polyarchus (co-commanders) “And the Ætolians were under the command of Polyarchus and Polyphron and Lacrates.”
  • with Polyphron (co-commanders) “And the Ætolians were under the command of Polyarchus and Polyphron and Lacrates.”

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