Nauplius
Role: founder of Nauplia · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 38
Nauplius founded Nauplia; he was reputed to be the son of Poseidon and Amymone. Later, Aleus ordered him to take Auge, Aleus’s daughter, and drown her in the sea.
Relationship record
Life events
- Nauplius founded Nauplia.(Book 2 · Chapter 38 · 📍 Nauplia)
- “it was founded by Nauplius who is reputed to have been the son of Poseidon and Amymone.”
- Aleus ordered Nauplius to drown Auge in the sea.(Book 8 · Chapter 48 · 📍 the sea)
Book 2 · Chapter 38
- parent: Poseidon “Nauplius who is reputed to have been the son of Poseidon and Amymone”
- parent: Amymone “Nauplius who is reputed to have been the son of Poseidon and Amymone”
Book 4 · Chapter 35
- parent: Amymone “they formed three generations afterwards a colony at Nauplia under Nauplius the son of Amymone.”
Book 8 · Chapter 48
- with Aleus (Aleus ordered Nauplius to carry out the drowning of Auge.) “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
- with Auge (Nauplius was ordered to take Auge to the sea and drown her.) “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.