Diocles
Role: tamer of horses · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 14
Diocles, a tamer of horses, was taught by Demeter the performance of her rites and mysteries, alongside Triptolemus, Eumolpus, and Celeus: “She shewed Triptolemus, and Diocles tamer of horses, and powerful Eumolpus, and Celeus leader of the people, the due performance of her rights and mysteries”.
In Book 4, Ortilochus is identified as Diocles’ son, and another account names Crethon and Ortilochus as his twin sons, along with his daughter Anticlea. After Diocles’ death, Nicomachus and Gorgasus succeeded him to the kingdom at Pharæ.
Relationship record
Life events
- Demeter taught Triptolemus, Diocles, Eumolpus, and Celeus the performance of her rites and mysteries.(Book 2 · Chapter 14)
- With: Demeter Triptolemus Eumolpus Celeus
- “She shewed Triptolemus, and Diocles tamer of horses, and powerful Eumolpus, and Celeus leader of the people, the due performance of her rights and mysteries”
- Nicomachus and Gorgasus succeeded Diocles to the kingdom.(Book 4 · Chapter 30 · 📍 Pharæ)
- With: Nicomachus Gorgasus
- “they lived at Pharæ, and after the death of Diocles succeeded to the kingdom.”
Book 2 · Chapter 14
- mentor: Demeter “where in his list of those who were taught the mysteries by the goddess he ignores Dysaules. These are his lines. ‘She shewed Triptolemus, and Diocles tamer of horses, and powerful Eumolpus, and Celeus leader of the people, the due performance of her rights and mysteries.’”
Book 4 · Chapter 1
- parent: Ortilochus (Ortilochus is the father of Diocles.) “They went to Pheræ to the house of Diocles, The son of Ortilochus.”
Book 4 · Chapter 30
- parent: Ortilochus “Diocles himself was the son of Ortilochus”
- child: Crethon “the twins Crethon and Ortilochus were the sons of Diocles”
- child: Ortilochus (son of Diocles) “the twins Crethon and Ortilochus were the sons of Diocles”
- child: Anticlea “Diocles had a daughter Anticlea as well as his twin sons”
- with Nicomachus (Nicomachus succeeded Diocles to the kingdom.) “they lived at Pharæ, and after the death of Diocles succeeded to the kingdom”
- with Gorgasus (Gorgasus succeeded Diocles to the kingdom.) “they lived at Pharæ, and after the death of Diocles succeeded to the kingdom”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.