Philæus

Role: son of Eurysaces and grandson of Ajax · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 35

In Book 1, Chapter 35, Philæus, son of Eurysaces and grandson of Ajax, became an Athenian and handed Salamis over to Athens. By Book 8, Chapter 14, Rhœcus is identified as his son.

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Life events

• Philæus became an Athenian and handed Salamis over to Athens.(Book 1 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Salamis)
  • “Philæus, the son of Eurysaces and grandson of Ajax, became an Athenian and handed it over to Athens.”

Book 1 · Chapter 35

• parent: Eurysaces “Philæus, the son of Eurysaces and grandson of Ajax, became an Athenian and handed it over to Athens.”
• elder kin: Ajax (son of Telamon) “Philæus, the son of Eurysaces and grandson of Ajax, became an Athenian and handed it over to Athens.”

Book 8 · Chapter 14

• child: Rhœcus “Rhœcus the son of Philæus”

Book 10 · Chapter 38

• child: Rhœcus “I showed in a previous part of my work that the Samians Rhœcus, (the son of Philæus), and Theodorus, (the son of Telecles), were the first brass-founders.”

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