Cyrene — Minor Figures

3 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.

Cratisthenes

chariot racer · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 18

• Book 6 · Chapter 18 · parent: Mnaseas “There is a tradition also that he was the son of Mnaseas the runner, who was surnamed by the Greeks Libyan.”
• Book 6 · Chapter 18 · with Pythagoras “And these votive offerings to him at Olympia are by Pythagoras of Rhegium.”

Theochrestus of Cyrene

horse trainer · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 12

• Book 6 · Chapter 12 · elder kin: Theochrestus (grandfather of Theochrestus of Cyrene) “Theochrestus of Cyrene, (who trained horses according to the national custom of the Libyans), and his grandfather also of the same name”

Theochrestus (grandfather of Theochrestus of Cyrene)

grandfather · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 12

• Book 6 · Chapter 12 · younger kin: Theochrestus of Cyrene “Theochrestus of Cyrene, (who trained horses according to the national custom of the Libyans), and his grandfather also of the same name”

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