Telestes

Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 4

Telestes was the son of Aristodemus. In Book 2, Chapter 4, Arieus and Perantas killed him “out of hatred.” His death ended kingship at Corinth, replacing kings with Presidents elected annually from the Bacchidæ.

Relationship record

Life events

• Arieus and Perantas killed Telestes out of hatred.(Book 2 · Chapter 4)
  • With: Arieus Perantas
  • “And Telestes was slain by Arieus and Perantas out of hatred”
• Telestes’s death ended kingship, replacing kings with annually elected Presidents.(Book 2 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Corinth)
  • With: Arieus Perantas
  • “And Telestes was slain by Arieus and Perantas out of hatred, and there were no longer any kings, but Presidents elected annually from the Bacchidæ”

Book 2 · Chapter 4

• parent: Aristodemus (father of Telestes) “down to Telestes the son of Aristodemus.”
• enemies with Arieus “And Telestes was slain by Arieus and Perantas out of hatred”
• enemies with Perantas “And Telestes was slain by Arieus and Perantas out of hatred”

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