Pæonæus

Family: Idæan Dactyli · Role: brother · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 7

When Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted the infant to the five Idæan Dactyli, including Pæonæus and his brothers Hercules, Epimedes, Iasius and Idas, for protection. In Book 5, Chapter 7, Hercules, the eldest, challenged his brothers to a race, with a branch of wild olive promised to the winner.

By Book 5, Chapter 14, Pæonæus was named among the brothers of Hercules for whom altars were made, alongside Epimedes, Idas and Iasus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rhea entrusted the infant Zeus to the five Idæan Dactyli for protection.(Book 5 · Chapter 7)
  • With: Rhea Zeus Hercules Epimedes Iasius Idas
  • “when Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted the charge of the boy to the Idæan Dactyli, who were otherwise called the Curetes: who afterwards came to Elis from Ida in Crete, and their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas.”

Book 5 · Chapter 7

• siblings with Hercules “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Epimedes “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Iasius “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Idas “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• rivals with Hercules “And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together, and they would crown the victor with a branch of the wild olive”

Book 5 · Chapter 14

• siblings with Hercules “Next is an altar of Hercules under the title of Aider, and altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus.”
• siblings with Epimedes “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Idas “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Iasus “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”

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