Clymenus (son of Cardys)

Also known as: Clymenus · Family: Crete · Role: king; founder of games at Olympia · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 8

Life events

Clymenus established games at Olympia and erected an altar to Hercules.(Book 5 · Chapter 8 · 📍 Olympia)
- “came from Crete and established games at Olympia, and erected an altar to his ancestor Hercules and to the other Curetes, giving Hercules the title of Assistant.”
Endymion deposed Clymenus from the kingdom.(Book 5 · Chapter 8)
- With: Endymion
- “But Endymion the son of Aethlius deposed Clymenus from the kingdom, and gave it to his sons as a prize for the best runner of them at Olympia.”
Clymenus dedicated an altar to Olympian Hera as a votive offering.(Book 5 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Hera
- “one of Olympian Hera also made of débris, the votive offering they say of Clymenus.”
Clymenus erected a temple to Athene Cydonia.(Book 6 · Chapter 21 · 📍 Phrixa)
- With: Athene
- “They say Clymenus, a descendant of Idæan Hercules, erected the temple to the goddess.”

parent: Cardys “Clymenus the son of Cardys”
with Idæan Hercules (ancestor and descendant) “a descendant of Idæan Hercules”
with Endymion (Endymion deposed Clymenus) “But Endymion the son of Aethlius deposed Clymenus from the kingdom”

with Hera (interaction) “one of Olympian Hera also made of débris, the votive offering they say of Clymenus.”

with Hercules (interaction) “They say Clymenus, a descendant of Idæan Hercules, erected the temple to the goddess.”
with Athene (interaction) “They say Clymenus, a descendant of Idæan Hercules, erected the temple to the goddess.”

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