Andræmon

Family: Ionians · Role: son of Hercules · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 3

In Book 5, Chapter 3, Andræmon is named as a son of Hercules and a sibling of Hyllus; Thoas is his elder-kin through their mothers, the sisters of Thoas.

In Book 7, Chapter 3, Andræmon, identified as the son of Codrus, joins the Ionians in driving the Carians out of Lebedus. By Book 10, Chapter 38, he is buried at Amphissa with his wife Gorge, daughter of Œneus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Andræmon and the Ionians drove the Carians out of Lebedus.(Book 7 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Lebedus)
  • “Originally it was inhabited by the Carians, till Andræmon, the son of Codrus, and the Ionians drove them out.”
• Andræmon and Gorge were buried together in Amphissa.(Book 10 · Chapter 38 · 📍 Amphissa)
  • With: Gorge
  • “with Andræmon his wife Gorge, the daughter of Œneus, was buried.”

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• parent: Hercules (Hercules is identified as the father.) “the sisters of Thoas were mothers by Hercules of Andræmon and Hyllus”
• siblings with Hyllus (They share Hercules as father and the sisters of Thoas as mothers.) “the sisters of Thoas were mothers by Hercules of Andræmon and Hyllus”
• elder kin: Thoas (The sisters of Thoas are Andræmon's mothers, making Thoas their maternal uncle.) “the sisters of Thoas were mothers by Hercules of Andræmon and Hyllus”

Book 7 · Chapter 3

• parent: Codrus “Originally it was inhabited by the Carians, till Andræmon, the son of Codrus, and the Ionians drove them out.”

Book 10 · Chapter 38

• married with Gorge “the tombs of Amphissa and Andræmon: with Andræmon his wife Gorge, the daughter of Œneus, was buried.”

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