Pausanias' Description of Greece

Demophantus

Family: Elis · Role: commander of the enemy's cavalry · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 49

Life events

  • Philopœmen kills Demophantus and routs the Ætolian and Elean cavalry.(Book 8 · Chapter 49 · 📍 the river Larisus)
    • With: Philopœmen
    • “Philopœmen first slew with his own hands Demophantus the commander of the enemy’s cavalry, and then put to flight all the cavalry of the Ætolians and men of Elis”

Book 8 · Chapter 49

  • enemies with Philopœmen “Philopœmen first slew with his own hands Demophantus the commander of the enemy’s cavalry”

Also listed in Elis — Minor Figures

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