Phocians — Minor Figures
5 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.
Xanthippus (hero-founder at Tronis)
hero-founder · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 4
- Book 10 · Chapter 4 · with Phocus (son of Ornytion) “where a hero-chapel was built to their hero-founder, who some say was Xanthippus, who won great fame in war, others Phocus (the son of Ornytion and grandson of Sisyphus).”
Philomelus
leader · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 2
- Book 10 · Chapter 2 · parent: Philotimus “Philomelus the son of Philotimus, second in merit to none of the Phocians, whose native place was Ledon one of the Phocian cities, addressed them”
- Book 10 · Chapter 8 · with Athene Pronoia “The golden shield which was offered to Athene Pronoia by Crœsus the Lydian was taken away (the Delphians said) by Philomelus.”
Onomarchus
commander · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 2
- Book 10 · Chapter 2 · siblings with Phayllus “the Phocians chose his brother Phayllus as commander in chief with unlimited power”
Phalæcus
chief ruler at Phocis · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 2
- Book 10 · Chapter 2 · parent: Phayllus “And after the death of Phayllus the chief power at Phocis devolved upon his son Phalæcus”
Phayllus
commander in chief · first appears Book 10 · Chapter 2
- Book 10 · Chapter 2 · siblings with Onomarchus “the Phocians chose his brother Phayllus as commander in chief with unlimited power”
- Book 10 · Chapter 2 · child: Phalæcus “And after the death of Phayllus the chief power at Phocis devolved upon his son Phalæcus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.