Iasus

Role: brother of Hercules · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16

In Book 2, Chapter 16, Iasus is named as a child of Triopas, alongside Agenor, and as the father of Io. In Book 5, Chapter 14, he is named among Hercules’ brothers, alongside Epimedes, Idas, and Pæonæus.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 16

• parent: Triopas “and to Triopas Iasus and Agenor.”
• child: Io “Io the daughter of Iasus went to Egypt”

Book 5 · Chapter 14

• siblings with Hercules “Next is an altar of Hercules under the title of Aider, and altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus.”
• siblings with Epimedes “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Idas “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Pæonæus “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”

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