Pausanias' Description of Greece

Demonassa

Family: Thebes · Role: sister of Amphilochus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 15

In Book 3, Chapter 15, Demonassa is identified as the sister of Amphilochus and the mother of Tisamenus (son of Thersander). In Book 5, Chapter 17, she appears as a daughter of Eriphyle and sister of Eurydice (daughter of Eriphyle). Book 9, Chapter 5, identifies her as a daughter of Amphiaraus.

Relationship record

Book 3 · Chapter 15

  • siblings with Amphilochus “their ancestor Tisamenus was the son of Demonassa, the sister of Amphilochus.”
  • child: Tisamenus (son of Thersander) “their ancestor Tisamenus was the son of Demonassa”

Book 5 · Chapter 17

Book 9 · Chapter 5

  • child: Tisamenus (son of Thersander) (Demonassa is Tisamenus's mother.) “Tisamenus as their king, the son of Thersander by Demonassa the daughter of Amphiaraus”
  • parent: Amphiaraus (Parent-to-child direction.) “Demonassa the daughter of Amphiaraus”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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

Explore the whole book in Rho MD — free.

Get Rho MD — free
Open in Rho MD →