Æchmagoras

Family: Arcadian tradition · Role: son of Phialo · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 12

According to the Arcadian tradition, Æchmagoras was the son of Phialo and Hercules. Immediately after his birth at Ostracina, Alcimedon discovered that Phialo was a mother and exposed her and the newborn on the mountain.

While Æchmagoras was exposed, a jay imitated his cries. Hearing it, Hercules came upon Phialo, freed her from her bonds and saved the boy’s life.

Relationship record

Book 8 · Chapter 12

• parent: Phialo (Phialo is identified as the mother of Æchmagoras.) “When Alcimedon found out she was a mother he exposed her and her boy immediately after his birth on the mountain. Æchmagoras was the name given to the boy according to the Arcadians.”
• parent: Hercules (Hercules calls Æchmagoras “his boy.”) “Hercules according to the tradition of the Phigalians had an intrigue with Phialo, the daughter of this Alcimedon. When Alcimedon found out she was a mother he exposed her and her boy immediately after his birth on the mountain. Æchmagoras was the name given to the boy according to the Arcadians. And the boy crying out when he was exposed, the bird called the jay heard his wailing and imitated it. And Hercules happening to pass by heard the jay, and thinking it was the cry of his boy and not the bird, turned at the sound, and when he perceived Phialo he loosed her from her bonds and saved the boy’s life.”
• with Alcimedon (Alcimedon is Æchmagoras's maternal grandfather by inference.) “When Alcimedon found out she was a mother he exposed her and her boy immediately after his birth on the mountain.”

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