Eumantis

Family: Elis · Role: Iamid · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 16

In Book 4, Chapter 16, Eumantis is identified as the ancestor of Theoclus, the Messenian seer, described as “a descendant of Eumantis.” Eumantis is also identified as one of the Iamidæ whom Cresphontes had introduced into Messene.

Relationship record

Book 4 · Chapter 16

• with Theoclus (Theoclus is identified as a descendant of Eumantis.) “the Messenian seer being Theoclus, a descendant of Eumantis”
• with Cresphontes (Cresphontes introduced Eumantis's Iamid line into Messene.) “one of the Iamidæ whom Cresphontes had introduced into Messene”
• younger kin: Theoclus “the Messenian seer being Theoclus, a descendant of Eumantis”

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