Archander

Role: son of Achæus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 6

Archander was one of the sons of Achæus, alongside Architeles. In Book 7, Chapter 1, he and his brother came from Phthiotis to Argos, where Archander married Scæa, a daughter of Danaus. He later named his son Metanastes, meaning “stranger.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Archander and Architeles married Danaus’s daughters Scæa and Automate.(Book 7 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Architeles Danaus Automate Scæa
  • “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus, Architeles marrying Automate, and Archander Scæa.”

Book 2 · Chapter 6

• parent: Achæus “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus”

Book 7 · Chapter 1

• parent: Achæus “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus,”
• siblings with Architeles “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus,”
• with Danaus (Archander became Danaus's son-in-law.) “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus, Architeles marrying Automate, and Archander Scæa.”
• married with Scæa “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus, Architeles marrying Automate, and Archander Scæa.”
• child: Metanastes “And that they were sojourners in Argos is shewn very clearly by the name Metanastes (stranger) which Archander gave his son.”

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