Amarynceus

Family: Elis · Role: leader · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 1

In Book 5, Chapter 1, Amarynceus’s father, Pyttius, was Thessalian by extraction and came from Thessaly to Elis; Amarynceus had particular knowledge of military matters. Augeas gave him a share of power at Elis and formed an alliance with him in preparation for a possible attack by Hercules. By Chapter 3, Amarynceus’s son Diores commanded ten ships.

Relationship record

Book 5 · Chapter 1

• with Augeas (Augeas gave Amarynceus a share of his power.) “And to Amarynceus Augeas gave a share of his power at Elis; and Actor and his sons also, who were natives of Elis, shared in the administration of the kingdom.”
• parent: Pyttius “Now Amarynceus had an especial acquaintance with military matters, and his father Pyttius was a Thessalian by extraction, and had come from thence to Elis.”
• patron: Augeas “And to Amarynceus Augeas gave a share of his power at Elis”
• with Augeas (Augeas and Amarynceus formed an alliance.) “He also made several preparations to defend himself against Hercules, should he come into Elis with an army, and entered into an alliance with Amarynceus and the sons of Actor.”

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• child: Diores (Parent-to-child.) “ten were under Diores the son of Amarynceus”

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