Anaxagoras

Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 18

In the reign of Anaxagoras, Melampus cured the women of their madness and wandering, on condition that he and his brother Bias share the kingdom equally with Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras was the son of Argos, and the father of Alector; Iphis was the son of Alector, Anaxagoras’s son.

Relationship record

Life events

Melampus cured the wandering women and secured an equal share of the kingdom for himself and Bias.(Book 2 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Argos (son of Megapenthes))
- With: Melampus Bias
- “a madness came on the women, they went from their homes and wandered up and down the country, till Melampus the son of Amythaon cured them of that complaint, on condition that he and his brother Bias should share alike with Anaxagoras.”

Book 2 · Chapter 18

parent: Argos (son of Megapenthes) “Anaxagoras, the son of Argos, the son of Megapenthes”
with Melampus (Melampus shared the kingdom with Anaxagoras.) “he and his brother Bias should share alike with Anaxagoras”
with Bias (Bias shared the kingdom with Anaxagoras.) “he and his brother Bias should share alike with Anaxagoras”
child: Alector “Iphis, the son of Alector, the son of Anaxagoras”

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