Attaginos

Family: Theban · Role: son of Phyrnon · First appears: Book 9 · §11–17

Life events

Attaginos hosted a dinner for Mardonios and prominent Persians, where Thersander heard a Persian predict their army’s destruction.(Book 9 · §11–17 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Mardonios Thersander
- “Attaginos the son of Phyrnon, a Theban, having made magnificent preparations invited to an entertainment Mardonios himself and fifty of the Persians who were of most account”
Timagenides urged the Thebans to offer money or surrender the leaders for trial.(Book 9 · §79–87 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Timagenides
- “on the twentieth day Timagenides spoke as follows to the Thebans: “Thebans, since it has been resolved by the Hellenes not to retire from the siege until either they have taken Thebes or ye have delivered us up to them”
The Thebans sent a herald to Pausanias offering to surrender the men.(Book 9 · §79–87 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Pausanias Timagenides
- “the Thebans forthwith sent a herald to Pausanias offering to deliver up the men.”

parent: Phyrnon “Attaginos the son of Phyrnon, a Theban, having made magnificent preparations invited to an entertainment Mardonios himself and fifty of the Persians who were of most account;”
with Mardonios (Attaginos invited Mardonios to an entertainment.) “Attaginos the son of Phyrnon, a Theban, having made magnificent preparations invited to an entertainment Mardonios himself and fifty of the Persians who were of most account;”
with Thersander (Attaginos invited Thersander to dinner.) “This Thersander said that he too was invited by Attaginos to this dinner,”

with Timagenides (Both are identified among the leading men who took the side of the Medes.) “among the first of them Timagenides and Attaginos, who were leaders equal to the first;”
with Pausanias (The Thebans offered to deliver Attaginos and the other men to Pausanias.) “the Thebans forthwith sent a herald to Pausanias offering to deliver up the men.”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.