Omphalion

Role: pupil of Nicias · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 31

Omphalion is identified as a pupil of Nicias, and some say he was also Nicias’s slave and favourite. In Book 4, Chapter 31, paintings attributed to him included Leucippus, Hilaira, Phœbe, Arsinoe, Æsculapius, Machaon and Podalirius.

By Book 6, Chapter 21, Pantaleon is named as Omphalion’s son. In the 34th Olympiad, Pantaleon and the people of Pisa instituted the Olympian games against Elis.

Relationship record

Life events

Pantaleon and the people of Pisa instituted the Olympian games against Elis.(Book 6 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Pisa)
- With: Pantaleon
- “And in the 34th Olympiad the people of Pisa and their king Pantaleon, the son of Omphalion, assembled together the neighbouring people, and instituted the Olympian games instead of the people of Elis.”

Book 4 · Chapter 31

mentor: Nicias “These paintings were executed by Omphalion, the pupil of Nicias the son of Nicomedes”
employer: Nicias “some say that he was also the slave of Nicias and his favourite.”
with Leucippus (Omphalion executed the paintings; Leucippus was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Leucippus the brother of Aphareus, and of Hilaira, Phœbe, and Arsinoe.”
with Hilaira (Omphalion executed the paintings; Hilaira was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Leucippus the brother of Aphareus, and of Hilaira, Phœbe, and Arsinoe.”
with Phœbe (Omphalion executed the paintings; Phœbe was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Leucippus the brother of Aphareus, and of Hilaira, Phœbe, and Arsinoe.”
with Arsinoe (Omphalion executed the paintings; Arsinoe was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Leucippus the brother of Aphareus, and of Hilaira, Phœbe, and Arsinoe.”
with Æsculapius (Omphalion executed the paintings; Æsculapius was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Æsculapius, (the son of Arsinoe according to the tradition of the Messenians,) and Machaon and Podalirius, for they also had a share in the expedition to Ilium.”
with Machaon (Omphalion executed the paintings; Machaon was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Æsculapius, (the son of Arsinoe according to the tradition of the Messenians,) and Machaon and Podalirius, for they also had a share in the expedition to Ilium.”
with Podalirius (Omphalion executed the paintings; Podalirius was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Æsculapius, (the son of Arsinoe according to the tradition of the Messenians,) and Machaon and Podalirius, for they also had a share in the expedition to Ilium.”

Book 6 · Chapter 21

child: Pantaleon “Pantaleon, the son of Omphalion”

Book 6 · Chapter 22

child: Pantaleon “And in the 34th Olympiad the people of Pisa and their king Pantaleon, the son of Omphalion, assembled together the neighbouring people, and instituted the Olympian games instead of the people of Elis.”

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