Scephrus
Family: Tegean royal family · Role: son of Tegeates · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 53
At Tegea, Scephrus, son of Tegeates, went to Apollo for a private conversation. Limon, his brother, mistook it for an accusation and slew him. Afterwards, when a mighty famine came upon the land, the oracle at Delphi told Tegeates and Mera to mourn for Scephrus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Limon mistook Scephrus’s private conversation for an accusation and slew his brother.(Book 8 · Chapter 53 · 📍 Tegea)
- With: Limon
- “And Limon his brother, thinking Scephrus was making some charge against him, ran at his brother and slew him.”
- The Delphic oracle ordered Tegeates and Mera to mourn for Scephrus.(Book 8 · Chapter 53 · 📍 Delphi)
Book 8 · Chapter 53
- parent: Tegeates “Scephrus, the son of Tegeates, went up to Apollo and had a private conversation with him.”
- siblings with Limon “And Limon his brother, thinking Scephrus was making some charge against him, ran at his brother and slew him.”
- with Limon (Limon killed Scephrus.) “And Limon his brother, thinking Scephrus was making some charge against him, ran at his brother and slew him.”
- with Apollo (Scephrus privately conversed with Apollo.) “Scephrus, the son of Tegeates, went up to Apollo and had a private conversation with him.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.