Rhacius

Role: Cretan leader · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 3

At Claros in Book 7, Chapter 3, Rhacius married Manto after learning from her who she and her companions were and what they sought; he made her companions fellow-settlers with him. In Book 9, Chapter 33, Manto’s journey to Ionia is recounted, where she married the Cretan Rhacius. Their son, Mopsus, drove out all the Carians.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rhacius married Manto and made her companions fellow-settlers with him.(Book 7 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Claros)
  • With: Manto
  • “And he, understanding from Manto who they were and their errand, married Manto and made her companions fellow-settlers with him.”
• Manto sailed to Ionia and married the Cretan Rhacius.(Book 9 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Colophonia)
  • With: Manto
  • “And there she married the Cretan Rhacius.”

Book 7 · Chapter 3

• married with Manto “And he, understanding from Manto who they were and their errand, married Manto and made her companions fellow-settlers with him.”
• child: Mopsus (son of Rhacius) “And Mopsus, the son of Rhacius and Manto, drove out all the Carians altogether.”

Book 9 · Chapter 33

• married with Manto “And there she married the Cretan Rhacius.”

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