Amphimachus (son of Cteatus)

Family: Elis · Role: leader · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 3

Amphimachus was the son of Cteatus and Theronice. In Book 5, Chapter 3, after Phyleus returned to Dulichium, he succeeded to the kingdom of Elis alongside Agasthenes and Thalpius. Polyxenus was named after him, the account says, in recognition of his friendship with Amphimachus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Agasthenes, Amphimachus, and Thalpius succeeded to the kingdom of Elis.(Book 5 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Elis)
  • With: Agasthenes Thalpius
  • “and was succeeded in the kingdom of Elis by his son Agasthenes, and by Amphimachus, and Thalpius.”

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• parent: Cteatus (The text explicitly identifies Amphimachus as Cteatus's son.) “Amphimachus the son of Cteatus who perished at Ilium”
• parent: Theronice (Theronice is stated to have had Amphimachus.) “the one had by Theronice Amphimachus”
• friends with Polyxenus (son of Agasthenes) (The text explicitly refers to Polyxenus's friendship with Amphimachus.) “he gave his son this name I fancy from his friendship to Amphimachus the son of Cteatus who perished at Ilium”

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