Nycteus
Family: Thebes · Role: Regent for Labdacus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 6
Nycteus was Regent for the child Labdacus and had a daughter, Antiope, famed for her beauty. In Book 2, Chapter 6, the Thebans attacked Epopeus; both he and Nycteus were wounded, though Epopeus won.
Taken back to Thebes in a very bad state, Nycteus, “when he was on the point of death,” named his brother Lycus ruler for the present and transferred Labdacus’s regency to him. Later, he entrusted Laius with the kingdom and with his care.
Relationship record
Life events
- The Thebans attacked Epopeus; Nycteus and Epopeus were wounded, though Epopeus won.(Book 2 · Chapter 6)
- Nycteus appointed Lycus ruler and transferred Labdacus’s regency to him.(Book 2 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Lycus Labdacus
- “Nycteus though very bad they took back to Thebes, and, when he was on the point of death, he gave orders that Lycus his brother should be ruler of the Thebans for the present: for Nycteus himself was Regent for Labdacus, (the son of Polydorus, the son of Cadmus), who was still a child, and now he left the Regency to Lycus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 6
- child: Antiope “Antiope the daughter of Nycteus had a great reputation for beauty among the Greeks”
- siblings with Lycus “he gave orders that Lycus his brother should be ruler of the Thebans for the present”
- ward: Labdacus “Nycteus himself was Regent for Labdacus, (the son of Polydorus, the son of Cadmus), who was still a child”
- enemies with Epopeus “But the Thebans came with an army, and Nycteus was wounded, and Epopeus too (though he won the victory).”
Book 9 · Chapter 5
- ward: Laius (Nycteus was entrusted with guardianship of the young Laius.) “whom as well as the kingdom he entrusted to Nycteus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.