Attalus (king of Pergamum)
Also known as: Attalus · Family: Pergamus · Role: military leader · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 16
In Book 7, Philopœmen brought soldiers from Attalus across the Caicus and served as general of Attalus’ troops.
In Book 10, Phaennis’s oracle identified Attalus as the bull and foretold that he would destroy the Galatians. The oracle spoke of “the dear son of a Zeus-reared bull”; Clitodemus is also cited for an account describing crows tearing gold from a statue at Delphi while the Athenians prepared for the expedition to Sicily.
Relationship record
Life events
- Phaennis foretold the Galatians’ invasion, identifying Attalus as their future destroyer.(Book 10 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Pergamus)
- With: Phaennis
- “Phaennis indeed foretold in her oracles, a generation before it happened, that the army of the Celts would pass from Europe to Asia to destroy the cities there.”
Book 7 · Chapter 16
- with Philopœmen (Philopœmen brought soldiers supplied by Attalus.) “Philopœmen had brought some soldiers from Attalus, from Pergamus across the Caicus.”
- with Philopœmen (Philopœmen is identified as the general of Attalus’ troops.) “those of less value he gave to Philopœmen, the general of Attalus’ troops”
Book 10 · Chapter 15
- with Phaennis (Phaennis's oracle referred to Attalus.) “By the bull Phaennis meant Attalus the king of Pergamus, who was also called bull-horned in the oracle.”
- with Zeus (interaction) “But Cronion shall verily soon raise up a helper, the dear son of a Zeus-reared bull, who shall bring a day of destruction to all the Galati.”
- with Clitodemus (interaction) “But Clitodemus, the oldest writer on Athenian Antiquities, says in his account of Attica that, when the Athenians were making preparations for the expedition to Sicily, an immense number of crows came to Delphi, and with their beaks knocked off and tore away the gold off the statue.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.