Pausanias' Description of Greece

Orthopolis

Family: Sicyonian mythology · Role: son of Plemnæus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 5

Life events

  • Demeter takes compassion on Plemnæus and raises his child Orthopolis.(Book 2 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Ægialea)
    • With: Demeter Plemnæus
    • “till Demeter took compassion on him, and coming to Ægialea as a stranger to Plemnæus reared his child Orthopolis.”

Book 2 · Chapter 5

  • guardian: Demeter (guardian->ward) “till Demeter took compassion on him, and coming to Ægialea as a stranger to Plemnæus reared his child Orthopolis.”
  • child: Chrysorthe (parent->child) “And Orthopolis had a daughter Chrysorthe:”

Also listed in Sicyonian Mythology — Minor Figures

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