Athens — Minor Figures

43 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Connidas

tutor and attendant of Theseus · first appears Theseus

• Theseus · ward: Theseus “He was brought up under his grandfather Pittheus, and had a tutor and attendant set over him named Connidas”
• Theseus · pupil: Theseus “He was brought up under his grandfather Pittheus, and had a tutor and attendant set over him named Connidas”

Erechtheus

ancestor of Theseus · first appears Theseus

• Theseus · child: Orneus “Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and great-grandson to Erechtheus”
• Theseus · elder kin: Theseus “The lineage of Theseus, by his father's side, ascends as high as to Erechtheus and the first inhabitants of Attica.”

Hippolytus

son of Theseus · first appears Theseus

• Theseus · parent: Theseus “It is true, indeed, that Theseus married Phaedra, but that was after the death of Antiope, by whom he had a son called Hippolytus”
• Theseus · parent: Antiope “Theseus married Phaedra, but that was after the death of Antiope, by whom he had a son called Hippolytus”

Architeles

captain of the sacred galley · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · with Themistocles “Themistocles immediately sent him in a chest a service of provisions”

Cleophantus

son of Themistocles · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · parent: Themistocles “Themistocles left three sons by Archippe, daughter to Lysander of Alopece, -- Archeptolis, Polyeuctus, and Cleophantus.”

Demopolis

alleged son of Themistocles · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · parent: Themistocles “brings in Neocles and Demopolis as the sons of Themistocles”

Epicydes

popular speaker · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · child: Euphemides “one Epicydes, a popular speaker, son to Euphemides”
• Themistocles · with Themistocles “bought off Epicydes and his pretensions, it is said, for a sum of money.”

Neocles

father of Themistocles · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · child: Themistocles “His father, Neocles, was not of the distinguished people of Athens”
• Themistocles · parent: Themistocles “of two sons yet older than these, Neocles and Diocles, Neocles died when he was young by the bite of a horse”

Polyeuctus

son of Themistocles · first appears Themistocles

• Themistocles · parent: Themistocles “Themistocles left three sons by Archippe, daughter to Lysander of Alopece, -- Archeptolis, Polyeuctus, and Cleophantus.”

Androcles

demagogue · first appears Alcibiades

• Alcibiades · enemies with Alcibiades “Androcles, the most malicious of all his enemies”