Olæas

First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

In Book 8, Chapter 5, Olæas was the son and successor of Cypselus. In conjunction with Heraclids from Lacedæmon and Argos, he restored his sister’s son Æpytus to Messene. After Olæas, the next king was Bucolion.

Relationship record

Life events

• Olæas and allied Heraclids restored Æpytus to Messene.(Book 8 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Messene)
  • With: Æpytus (restored to Messene)
  • “And the son and successor of Cypselus was Olæas, who, in junction with the Heraclidæ from Lacedæmon and Argos, restored his sister’s son Æpytus to Messene.”

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• parent: Cypselus “And the son and successor of Cypselus was Olæas”
• younger kin: Æpytus (restored to Messene) (uncle and nephew) “who, in junction with the Heraclidæ from Lacedæmon and Argos, restored his sister’s son Æpytus to Messene.”
• with Cypselus (Olæas succeeded Cypselus as king.) “the son and successor of Cypselus was Olæas”
• with Æpytus (restored to Messene) (interaction) “Olæas, who, in junction with the Heraclidæ from Lacedæmon and Argos, restored his sister’s son Æpytus to Messene”
• with Bucolion (Bucolion followed Olæas as king.) “The next king was Bucolion”

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