Pausanias' Description of Greece

Eretrian — Minor Figures

4 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Philesius

sculptor · first appears Book 5 · Chapter 27

  • Book 5 · Chapter 27 · with Phormis “And there are two brazen bulls, one the votive offering of the people of Corcyra, the other of the Eretrienses, both by Philesius of Eretria”

Alcimachus

first appears Book 7 · Chapter 10

  • Book 7 · Chapter 10 · child: Euphorbus “Euphorbus, the son of Alcimachus”

Philagras

traitor · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 10

  • Book 7 · Chapter 10 · parent: Cyneus “Philagras, the son of Cyneus”

Cyneus

first appears Book 7 · Chapter 10

  • Book 7 · Chapter 10 · child: Philagras “Philagras, the son of Cyneus”

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