Crius

Role: prophet · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 13

In Book 3, Chapter 13, Crius is identified as the son of Theocles the prophet and the father of Carneus. At Sparta, he revealed to Dorian spies how the city could be captured: they “learnt of him the way to capture Sparta.” After his death, a statue of Carneus was erected in Crius’s house.

Relationship record

Life events

• Crius revealed to Dorian spies how Sparta could be captured.(Book 3 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Sparta)
  • “and went to Crius, and learnt of him the way to capture Sparta”

Book 3 · Chapter 13

• with Carneus (Œcetes) (A statue of Carneus (Œcetes) was erected in Crius's house.) “a statue was erected to him in the house of Crius, the son of Theocles the prophet”
• parent: Theocles “Crius, the son of Theocles the prophet”
• child: Carneus (son of Crius) “the son of the prophet Crius”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.