Parthenopæus

Family: Argives · Role: son of Talaus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 20

Parthenopæus was the son of Talaus and the father of Promachus. At Thebes, he was slain in battle against the Argives by Asphodicus. The Thebais gives a different account, saying that Periclymenus killed him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Asphodicus slew Parthenopæus in battle against the Argives.(Book 9 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Thebes)
  • With: Asphodicus
  • “the tomb of Asphodicus, who slew in the battle against the Argives Parthenopæus the son of Talaus”
• According to the Thebais, Periclymenus killed Parthenopæus.(Book 9 · Chapter 18)
  • With: Periclymenus
  • “for the verses in the Thebais about the death of Parthenopæus say that Periclymenus killed him”

Book 2 · Chapter 20

• child: Promachus (son of Parthenopæus) “Promachus the son of Parthenopæus”
• parent: Talaus “Parthenopæus the son of Talaus”

Book 9 · Chapter 18

• with Asphodicus (Asphodicus killed Parthenopæus.) “the tomb of Asphodicus, who slew in the battle against the Argives Parthenopæus the son of Talaus”
• parent: Talaus “Parthenopæus the son of Talaus”
• with Periclymenus (Periclymenus is said to have killed Parthenopæus.) “the verses in the Thebais about the death of Parthenopæus say that Periclymenus killed him”

Book 9 · Chapter 19

• child: Promachus (son of Parthenopæus) (Parthenopæus is Promachus's father.) “among them Promachus the son of Parthenopæus”

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