Pausanias' Description of Greece

Promachus (son of Hercules)

Also known as: Promachus · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 24

Life events

  • Echephron and Promachus changed Phegia’s name to Psophis after their mother.(Book 8 · Chapter 24 · 📍 Phegia)
    • With: Echephron Hercules
    • “Echephron and Promachus (her sons by Hercules) who were brought up there changed the name of Phegia into Psophis after their mother’s name.”

Book 8 · Chapter 24

  • parent: Psophis (daughter of Eryx) “Echephron and Promachus (her sons by Hercules)”
  • parent: Hercules “Echephron and Promachus (her sons by Hercules)”
  • with Psophis (daughter of Eryx) (interaction) “the sons of Psophis”
  • with Aphrodite (interaction) “a temple of Aphrodite surnamed Erycina, which is now only in ruins, and was built (so the story goes) by the sons of Psophis”

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