Halirrhothius
Family: Greek myth · Role: son of Poseidon · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 21
In Book 1, Chapter 21, Halirrhothius, son of Poseidon, was drowned by Ares for seducing Ares’s daughter. His death became the first case of trial for murder. In Chapter 28, Ares was tried for killing him at the Areopagus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Ares drowned Halirrhothius for seducing his daughter.(Book 1 · Chapter 21 · 📍 the temple of Æsculapius)
- Halirrhothius’s death became the first case of trial for murder.(Book 1 · Chapter 21 · 📍 the temple of Æsculapius)
- With: Ares
- “and this was the first case of trial for murder”
- Ares was tried for killing Halirrhothius.(Book 1 · Chapter 28 · 📍 Areopagus)
- With: Ares
- “Here is also the Areopagus, so called because Ares was first tried here. I have before stated how and why he slew Halirrhothius.”
Book 1 · Chapter 21
- parent: Poseidon (Poseidon was Halirrhothius's father.) “Halirrhothius the son of Poseidon was drowned by Ares for having seduced his daughter”
- with Ares (Ares drowned Halirrhothius.) “Halirrhothius the son of Poseidon was drowned by Ares for having seduced his daughter”
Book 1 · Chapter 28
- with Ares (Ares slew Halirrhothius.) “I have before stated how and why he slew Halirrhothius.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.