Corinth — Minor Figures

3 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Medea

magician · first appears Theseus

• Theseus · with Aegeus “Medea, having fled from Corinth, and promised Aegeus to make him, by her art, capable of having children, was living with him”
• Theseus · enemies with Theseus “she easily persuaded him to kill him by poison at a banquet”

Gongylus

first appears Nicias

• Nicias · with Gylippus “he told them that Gylippus would be with them speedily, and that other ships were coming to relieve them”

Dinarchus of Corinth

confidant of Polysperchon · first appears Phocion

• Phocion · friends with Polysperchon “Solon of Plataea, and Dinarchus of Corinth, who were reputed friends and confidants of Polysperchon, accompanied him”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.