Megapenthes

First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16

In Book 2, Chapter 16, Perseus persuaded Megapenthes, son of Prœtus, to exchange kingdoms with him, and founded Mycenæ. In Book 2, Chapter 18, Anaxagoras is named as a descendant of Megapenthes; in Book 3, Chapter 18, Megapenthes is described as the son of Menelaus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Perseus exchanged kingdoms with Megapenthes and founded Mycenæ.(Book 2 · Chapter 16 · 📍 Mycenæ)
  • With: Perseus
  • “he persuaded Megapenthes the son of Prœtus to exchange kingdoms with him, and founded Mycenæ”

Book 2 · Chapter 16

• parent: Prœtus “he persuaded Megapenthes the son of Prœtus to exchange kingdoms with him”
• with Perseus (Perseus and Megapenthes exchanged kingdoms.) “he persuaded Megapenthes the son of Prœtus to exchange kingdoms with him”

Book 2 · Chapter 18

• child: Argos (son of Megapenthes) “Anaxagoras, the son of Argos, the son of Megapenthes”

Book 3 · Chapter 18

• parent: Menelaus “Megapenthes, the son of Menelaus”

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