Clymenus (son of Presbon)
Also known as: Clymenus · Family: Orchomenians · Role: father of Erginus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 17
Life events
- Clymenus was slain at the festival of Onchestian Poseidon, and Erginus succeeded him.(Book 9 · Chapter 37)
- With: Erginus
- “Clymenus was slain by some Thebans at the festival of Onchestian Poseidon, who were inflamed to anger about some trifling matter, and was succeeded by his eldest son Erginus.”
Book 9 · Chapter 17
- child: Erginus “their king Erginus the son of Clymenus”
Book 9 · Chapter 37
- parent: Presbon “Clymenus, the son of Presbon, the son of Phrixus.”
- child: Erginus “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
- child: Stratius “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
- child: Arrho “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
- child: Pyleus “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
- child: Azeus “Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, who were reputed to be the sons of Ares by Astyoche, (the daughter of Azeus the son of Clymenus)”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.