Theban — Minor Figures
10 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Eubius
maker of Hercules' statue · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 11
- Book 9 · Chapter 11 · with Hercules “his statue is of white stone by Xenocritus and Eubius, both Thebans”
- Book 9 · Chapter 11 · with Xenocritus “his statue is of white stone by Xenocritus and Eubius, both Thebans”
Xenocritus
maker of Hercules' statue · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 11
- Book 9 · Chapter 11 · with Hercules “his statue is of white stone by Xenocritus and Eubius, both Thebans”
- Book 9 · Chapter 11 · with Eubius “his statue is of white stone by Xenocritus and Eubius, both Thebans”
Ascarus
designer · first appears Book 5 · Chapter 24
- Book 5 · Chapter 24 · with Zeus “This was the design of Ascarus a Theban, who was the pupil of the Sicyonian, * * and it was a votive offering of the people of Thessaly.”
Bacchylides
Boeotarch · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 13
- Book 9 · Chapter 13 · with Epaminondas “the vote of the 7th Bœotarch on his return to the camp, (he had been on the look-out at Cithæron, and his name was Bacchylides), being given on the side of Epaminondas”
Cleomenes (Theban Bœotarch)
Bœotarch · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 15
- Book 9 · Chapter 15 · with Epaminondas “And when they saw their condition was desperate, then the soldiers gave the command to Epaminondas, and the Bœotarchs willingly conceded the command.”
- Book 9 · Chapter 15 · enemies with Alexander (ruler in Thessaly) “the Thebans immediately marched against Alexander, putting at their head Cleomenes and Hypatus who were then Bœotarchs”
Hypatus
Bœotarch · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 15
- Book 9 · Chapter 15 · with Epaminondas “And when they saw their condition was desperate, then the soldiers gave the command to Epaminondas, and the Bœotarchs willingly conceded the command.”
- Book 9 · Chapter 15 · enemies with Alexander (ruler in Thessaly) “the Thebans immediately marched against Alexander, putting at their head Cleomenes and Hypatus who were then Bœotarchs”
Antigone
dragged Polynices’ corpse to the funeral pile · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 25
- Book 9 · Chapter 25 · with Polynices “And the whole place is called Antigone’s Dragging-ground: for as she could not easily lift up with all her zeal the corpse of Polynices, her next idea was to drag it along, which she did till she was able to throw it on the funeral pile of Eteocles which was blazing.”
- Book 9 · Chapter 25 · with Eteocles “And the whole place is called Antigone’s Dragging-ground: for as she could not easily lift up with all her zeal the corpse of Polynices, her next idea was to drag it along, which she did till she was able to throw it on the funeral pile of Eteocles which was blazing.”
Callistonicus
sculptor · first appears Book 9 · Chapter 16
- Book 9 · Chapter 16 · with Fortune “and Callistonicus a native of Thebes all the other parts”
Philotas
leader of the Thebans · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 2
- Book 7 · Chapter 2 · elder kin: Peneleus “Priene was colonized by Thebans and Ionians mixed under Philotas, the descendant of Peneleus, and Æpytus the son of Nileus.”
- Book 7 · Chapter 2 · with Peneleus “the Thebans under Philotas, who was a descendant of Peneleus”
Peneleus
ancestor of Philotas · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 2
- Book 7 · Chapter 2 · younger kin: Philotas “Priene was colonized by Thebans and Ionians mixed under Philotas, the descendant of Peneleus, and Æpytus the son of Nileus.”
- Book 7 · Chapter 2 · with Philotas “the Thebans under Philotas, who was a descendant of Peneleus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.