Talthybius
Role: herald · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 26
In Book 2, Chapter 26, Agamemnon calls on Talthybius to summon Machaon, the son of Æsculapius.
In Book 3, Chapter 12, the account says that Talthybius’s wrath over the killing of envoys sent by Darius was publicly manifested against the Lacedæmonians and privately visited on the Athenians, chiefly the house of Miltiades, who was held responsible for their deaths. The account also notes that tombs of Talthybius were claimed at Hellenium and in the market-place at Ægæ.
Relationship record
Book 2 · Chapter 26
- with Agamemnon (The quoted command is attributed to Agamemnon.) “Talthybius, call here as quickly as possible Machaon the mortal, the son of Æsculapius”
- with Machaon (Agamemnon commands Talthybius to call Machaon.) “Talthybius, call here as quickly as possible Machaon the mortal, the son of Æsculapius”
Book 3 · Chapter 12
- with Miltiades (Talthybius's wrath was visited mainly on Miltiades's house because of Miltiades's responsibility for the envoys' deaths.) “And near Hellenium they exhibit the tomb of Talthybius: as do also the people of Ægæ in Achaia in their market-place, who also claim the tomb of Talthybius as being with them. And the wrath of this Talthybius for the murder of the envoys, who were sent by King Darius to Greece to ask for earth and water, was publicly manifested to the Lacedæmonians, but on the Athenians was visited privately, and mainly on the house of one man, Miltiades the son of Cimon, for he was the person responsible for getting the envoys that came to Attica put to death by the Athenians.”
- with Darius (Talthybius's wrath concerned the murder of Darius's envoys.) “the murder of the envoys, who were sent by King Darius to Greece to ask for earth and water”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.