Pausanias' Description of Greece

Glenus

Role: son of Hercules · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 30

In Book 4, Chapter 30, Glenus is identified as the son of Hercules. Abia is described as his nurse; she went to Ire, lived there, and built a temple of Hercules.

Relationship record

Book 4 · Chapter 30

  • with Abia (Abia was Glenus's nurse.) “Abia, the nurse of Glenus the son of Hercules, went to Ire, and there lived, and built a temple of Hercules”
  • parent: Hercules “Glenus the son of Hercules”
  • guardian: Abia “Abia, the nurse of Glenus the son of Hercules”

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