Phrurarchidas

Family: Lacedæmonian · Role: violator of Molpia and Hippo · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 13

At Leuctra, Phrurarchidas, a Lacedæmonian, and Parthenius violated Molpia and Hippo, who then hanged themselves. The account states that “this outrage was more than they could bear.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Phrurarchidas and Parthenius violated Molpia and Hippo, who then hanged themselves.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Leuctra)
  • With: Molpia Hippo Parthenius
  • “They were very beautiful and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them, and they forthwith hung themselves, for this outrage was more than they could bear:”

Book 9 · Chapter 13

• with Molpia (Phrurarchidas violated Molpia and Hippo) “and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”
• with Hippo (Phrurarchidas violated Molpia and Hippo) “and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”
• with Parthenius (co-perpetrators) “and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”
• with Parthenius (They jointly perpetrated the violation.) “They were very beautiful and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”

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