Peteus

Family: Athenians · Role: founder associated with Stiris · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 35

In Book 10, Chapter 35, Peteus, son of Orneus, was expelled from Athens by Ægeus. He came from Attica with his followers and settled at Stiris, where most of them came from the township of Stiria and the town took its name from it.

Relationship record

Life events

• Ægeus expelled Peteus from Athens, prompting Peteus and his followers to settle at Stiris.(Book 10 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Stiris)
  • With: Ægeus
  • “came from Attica with Peteus the son of Orneus, who was expelled from Athens by Ægeus”

Book 10 · Chapter 35

• parent: Orneus “The people of Stiris say they were originally Athenians, and came from Attica with Peteus the son of Orneus, who was expelled from Athens by Ægeus: and as most of the followers of Peteus came from the township Stiria they called the town Stiris.”
• with Ægeus (Ægeus expelled Peteus from Athens.) “The people of Stiris say they were originally Athenians, and came from Attica with Peteus the son of Orneus, who was expelled from Athens by Ægeus: and as most of the followers of Peteus came from the township Stiria they called the town Stiris.”
• with Cadmus (No direct relationship between Cadmus and Peteus is stated; omitted.) “The people of Stiris say they were originally Athenians, and came from Attica with Peteus the son of Orneus, who was expelled from Athens by Ægeus”

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