Æginetes

First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

In Book 8, Chapter 5, Pompus named his son and successor Æginetes out of friendship for the Æginetans, whom he had honoured for their service. Æginetes was the father of Briacas, and his son Polymestor succeeded him; during Polymestor’s reign, Charillus and the Lacedæmonians first invaded the district round Tegea.

Relationship record

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• parent: Pompus “For this good service Pompus highly honoured the Æginetans, and out of friendship to them gave the name of Æginetes to his son and successor”
• child: Polymestor “who was succeeded by his son Polymestor during whose reign Charillus and the Lacedæmonians first invaded the district round Tegea”
• with Pompus (Æginetes succeeded Pompus as king.) “gave the name of Æginetes to his son and successor”
• child: Briacas “Briacas was the son of Æginetes”

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