Tellos

Family: Athenian · Role: man praised by Solon as happy · First appears: Book 1 · §28–33

Life events

• Tellos died in battle after routing the foe, and the Athenians buried and honored him.(Book 1 · §28–33 · 📍 Eleusis)
  • “he brought up supports and routed the foe and there died by a most fair death: and the Athenians buried him publicly where he fell, and honoured him greatly.”

Book 1 · §28–33

• with Solon (Solon named Tellos as the happiest man he had seen.) “Yes, O king, Tellos the Athenian.”
• with Croesus (Croesus is Athenian; Tellos was buried and honored by the Athenians.) “The Athenians buried him publicly where he fell, and honoured him greatly.”

Also listed in Athenian — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.