Presbon

Role: son of Phrixus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 34

In Book 9, Chapter 34, after Phrixus returned from Colchi—or, according to another account, Presbon returned—Haliartus and Coronus conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his descendants. Presbon is identified as “Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes.”

By Book 9, Chapter 37, Clymenus is identified as Presbon’s son.

Relationship record

Life events

• Haliartus and Coronus conceded Athamas’s kingdom to the returning heir and his descendants.(Book 9 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Orchomenus)
  • With: Haliartus Coronus (son of Thersander) Phrixus
  • “But afterwards when Phrixus returned from Colchi according to some, according to others Presbon, Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes, then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”

Book 9 · Chapter 34

• parent: Phrixus (Phrixus is the parent of Presbon.) “Presbon, Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes”
• with Haliartus (The text gives Presbon as an alternative antecedent for “him.”) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
• with Coronus (son of Thersander) (The text gives Presbon as an alternative antecedent for “him.”) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”

Book 9 · Chapter 37

• parent: Phrixus “Clymenus, the son of Presbon, the son of Phrixus.”
• child: Clymenus (son of Presbon) “Clymenus, the son of Presbon, the son of Phrixus.”

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