Cisus

Family: Argives · Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 12

At the death of Temenus, his sons killed him, and Cisus, the eldest, became king. Medon was his son, and Medon’s descendants were left with only the royal title.

A split followed between Temenus’s sons and Deiphontes and Hyrnetho, with the army favoring Deiphontes and Hyrnetho. Cisus’s brothers included Cerynes, Phalces and Argæeus; Cerynes and Phalces went to Epidaurus as part of a plot against Hyrnetho, which Argæeus did not approve.

Relationship record

Life events

• Temenus was killed by his sons, and Cisus became king.(Book 2 · Chapter 19)
  • With: Temenus
  • “And for these reasons he was slain by his sons, and Cisus the eldest of them became king.”
• A political split began when Deiphontes and Hyrnetho opposed Temenus’s sons, while the army favored them.(Book 2 · Chapter 26 · 📍 Epidauria)
  • With: Temenus Deiphontes Hyrnetho
  • “For there was a split among the Argives at the death of Temenus, Deiphontes and Hyrnetho being hostile to the sons of Temenus”

Book 2 · Chapter 12

• child: Phlias (This is explicitly identified as a rejected Argive tradition.) “I cannot at all accept the Argive tradition that he was the son of Cisus the son of Temenus”
• parent: Temenus (This is explicitly identified as a rejected Argive tradition.) “I cannot at all accept the Argive tradition that he was the son of Cisus the son of Temenus”

Book 2 · Chapter 19

• child: Medon (son of Cisus) (Cisus is Medon's father.) “Medon, the son of Cisus, and his descendants were left the royal title only”

Book 2 · Chapter 26

• enemies with Deiphontes “For there was a split among the Argives at the death of Temenus, Deiphontes and Hyrnetho being hostile to the sons of Temenus, and the army with them favouring Deiphontes and Hyrnetho more than Cisus and his brothers.”
• enemies with Hyrnetho “For there was a split among the Argives at the death of Temenus, Deiphontes and Hyrnetho being hostile to the sons of Temenus, and the army with them favouring Deiphontes and Hyrnetho more than Cisus and his brothers.”
• parent: Temenus “Deiphontes and Hyrnetho being hostile to the sons of Temenus, and the army with them favouring Deiphontes and Hyrnetho more than Cisus and his brothers.”

Book 2 · Chapter 28

• parent: Temenus “Cisus and the other sons of Temenus knew that they would greatly vex Deiphontes, if they could by any means get Hyrnetho from him.”
• siblings with Cerynes “Cisus and the other sons of Temenus knew that they would greatly vex Deiphontes, if they could by any means get Hyrnetho from him. Cerynes and Phalces therefore went alone to Epidaurus: for Argæeus the youngest did not approve of their plot.”
• siblings with Phalces “Cisus and the other sons of Temenus knew that they would greatly vex Deiphontes, if they could by any means get Hyrnetho from him. Cerynes and Phalces therefore went alone to Epidaurus: for Argæeus the youngest did not approve of their plot.”
• siblings with Argæeus “Cisus and the other sons of Temenus knew that they would greatly vex Deiphontes, if they could by any means get Hyrnetho from him. Cerynes and Phalces therefore went alone to Epidaurus: for Argæeus the youngest did not approve of their plot.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.