Pausanias' Description of Greece

Phœnix

Role: father of Astypalæa and Europe · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 4

In Book 7, Chapter 4, Phœnix had Astypalæa and Europe with Perimede, daughter of Œneus. By Book 10, Chapter 26, Phœnix had given Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, the name Neoptolemus because he was very young when he first went to war.

Relationship record

Book 7 · Chapter 4

  • child: Astypalæa “Phœnix had by Perimede (the daughter of Œneus) Astypalæa and Europe”
  • child: Europe “Phœnix had by Perimede (the daughter of Œneus) Astypalæa and Europe”

Book 10 · Chapter 26

  • with Pyrrhus (son of Achilles) (interaction) “and that the name Neoptolemus was given him by Phœnix, because he was very young when he first went to the wars”

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