Pausanias' Description of Greece

Leontomenes

Family: Achæan · Role: king · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 6

After the departure of the Ionians, Leontomenes ruled over the Achæans alongside his brothers Däimenes, Sparton and Tellis, and Damasias. Leontomenes and his brothers were sons of Tisamenus; their brother Cometes, the eldest son, had previously crossed over into Asia Minor.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Däimenes, Sparton, Tellis, Leontomenes, and Damasias ruled the Achæans.(Book 7 · Chapter 6)
    • With: Däimenes Sparton Tellis Damasias
    • “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes. Cometes, the eldest of Tisamenus’ sons, had previously crossed over into Asia Minor. These ruled over the Achæans as also Damasias (the son of Penthilus, the son of Orestes), the brother of Tisamenus.”

Book 7 · Chapter 6

  • parent: Tisamenus “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes.”
  • siblings with Däimenes “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes.”
  • siblings with Sparton “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes.”
  • siblings with Tellis “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes.”
  • siblings with Cometes “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes. Cometes, the eldest of Tisamenus’ sons, had previously crossed over into Asia Minor.”
  • elder kin: Damasias “And those who had the greatest power among the Achæans were the sons of Tisamenus, Däimenes and Sparton and Tellis and Leontomenes. Cometes, the eldest of Tisamenus’ sons, had previously crossed over into Asia Minor. These ruled over the Achæans as also Damasias (the son of Penthilus, the son of Orestes), the brother of Tisamenus.”

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