Aristotimus
Family: Elis · Role: sovereign of Elis · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 5
In Book 5, Chapter 5, Aristotimus, son of Damaretus, obtained sovereignty at Elis with assistance from Antigonus (son of Demetrius). He reigned for only six months before Chilon, Hellanicus, Lampis, and Cylon rose against him and deposed him.
Afterward, Aristotimus fled as a suppliant to the altar of Zeus Soter, where Cylon slew him. In Book 6, Chapter 14, Cylon was described as having freed the people of Elis from Aristotimus’s tyranny.
Relationship record
Life events
- Aristotimus obtained sovereignty at Elis with Antigonus’s assistance.(Book 5 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Damaretus Antigonus (son of Demetrius) Demetrius (father of Antigonus)
- “And in process of time Aristotimus, the son of Damaretus, the son of Etymon, obtained the sovereignty at Elis, partly through the assistance of Antigonus the son of Demetrius, who was king of the Macedonians.”
- Chilon, Hellanicus, Lampis, and Cylon deposed Aristotimus.(Book 5 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Chilon Hellanicus Lampis Cylon
- “But when he had reigned only six months, Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him;”
- Cylon slew Aristotimus at the altar of Zeus Soter.(Book 5 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Cylon Zeus Soter
- “and Cylon slew him with his own hand when he had fled as suppliant to the altar of Zeus Soter.”
- Cylon freed the people of Elis from Aristotimus's tyranny.(Book 6 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Elis)
- With: Cylon
- “The Ætolians also erected a public statue to Cylon, who freed the people of Elis from the tyranny of Aristotimus.”
Book 5 · Chapter 5
- parent: Damaretus “Aristotimus, the son of Damaretus, the son of Etymon, obtained the sovereignty at Elis”
- with Antigonus (son of Demetrius) (interaction) “partly through the assistance of Antigonus the son of Demetrius, who was king of the Macedonians”
- with Chilon (interaction) “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- with Hellanicus (interaction) “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- with Lampis (interaction) “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- with Cylon (interaction) “Cylon slew him with his own hand when he had fled as suppliant to the altar of Zeus Soter”
- with Zeus Soter (Aristotimus sought refuge as a suppliant at Zeus Soter's altar.) “when he had fled as suppliant to the altar of Zeus Soter”
- enemies with Chilon “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- enemies with Hellanicus “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- enemies with Lampis “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
- enemies with Cylon “Chilon and Hellanicus and Lampis and Cylon rose up against him and deposed him”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- enemies with Cylon (Cylon opposed Aristotimus's tyranny.) “The Ætolians also erected a public statue to Cylon, who freed the people of Elis from the tyranny of Aristotimus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.