Cleson
Family: Megara · Role: son of Lelex · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 39
Cleson was the son of Lelex. In Book 1, Chapter 39, he is named as the parent of Pylas.
By Book 4, Chapter 36, Pylos is identified as Cleson’s son, and as the founder of a Pylos settled by Leleges from Megaris. In Book 6, Chapter 22, Pylon, also identified as Cleson’s son, founded Pylos in Elis.
Relationship record
Life events
- Pylon, son of Cleson, founded Pylos in Elis.(Book 6 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Pylos)
- With: Pylon
- “This Pylos was built, as I have already mentioned, by the Megarian Pylon the son of Cleson.”
Book 1 · Chapter 39
Book 4 · Chapter 36
- child: Pylos “Pylos, which was founded by Pylos, the son of Cleson, who brought from Megaris the Leleges who then occupied Megaris.”
Book 6 · Chapter 22
- child: Pylon “This Pylos was built, as I have already mentioned, by the Megarian Pylon the son of Cleson.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.