Pausanias' Description of Greece

Anthas

Family: Trœzen · Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 30

Anthas was said to be a son of Poseidon and Alcyone, and a sibling of Hyperes. In Book 2, Chapter 30, he and Hyperes built the cities called Hyperea and Anthea.

In Book 2, Chapter 31, Aetius, Anthas’s son, was said to have built the temple of Zeus Soter.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Hyperes and Anthas built the cities called Hyperea and Anthea.(Book 2 · Chapter 30 · 📍 Hyperea and Anthea)
    • With: Hyperes
    • “till Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas, and built the cities in that country called Hyperea and Anthea.”
  • Aetius built the temple of Zeus Soter.(Book 2 · Chapter 31)
    • With: Aetius Zeus
    • “There is also a temple of Zeus Soter, built they say by King Aetius the son of Anthas.”

Book 2 · Chapter 30

  • parent: Poseidon “Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”
  • parent: Alcyone “Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”
  • siblings with Hyperes “Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”
  • child: Aetius “Aetius the son of Anthas”

Book 2 · Chapter 31

  • child: Aetius “King Aetius the son of Anthas”

Book 9 · Chapter 22

  • parent: Poseidon “Anthas who they say ruled here, the son of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas.”
  • parent: Alcyone “Anthas who they say ruled here, the son of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas.”

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