Herodotus' Histories

Argive — Minor Figures

4 figures from The Histories who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Leokedes

wooer · first appears Book 6 · §126–133

  • Book 6 · §126–133 · parent: Pheidon “Leokedes the son of Pheidon the despot of the Argives”
  • Book 6 · §126–133 · admired: Agariste (daughter of Hippocrates) “Leokedes the son of Pheidon the despot of the Argives”

Biton

son of an unnamed woman · first appears Book 1 · §28–33

  • Book 1 · §28–33 · with Hera “There was a feast of Hera among the Argives and it was by all means necessary that their mother should be borne in a car to the temple.”

Cleobis

son of an unnamed woman · first appears Book 1 · §28–33

  • Book 1 · §28–33 · with Hera “There was a feast of Hera among the Argives and it was by all means necessary that their mother should be borne in a car to the temple.”

Pheidon

despot; father of Leokedes · first appears Book 6 · §126–133

  • Book 6 · §126–133 · child: Leokedes “Leokedes the son of Pheidon the despot of the Argives”

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