Haliartus
Role: adopted son of Athamas; son of Thersander · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 34
At Orchomenus, Athamas adopted Haliartus and Coronus, the sons of Thersander, because he believed he had no surviving sons. Later, when Phrixus returned—or, in another account, when Presbon, his son, came—Haliartus and Coronus conceded Athamas’s kingdom to him and his descendants.
Relationship record
Life events
- Athamas adopted Haliartus and Coronus because he believed he had no surviving sons.(Book 9 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Orchomenus)
- With: Athamas (father of Phrixus) Coronus (son of Thersander)
- “Athamas thinking he had no male children left, (for he had laid violent hands on Learchus and Melicerta, and Leucon had died of some illness, and as to Phrixus he did not know whether he was alive or had left any descendant), adopted accordingly Haliartus and Coronus”
- Haliartus and Coronus conceded Athamas’s kingdom to the returning heir and his descendants.(Book 9 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Orchomenus)
- With: Coronus (son of Thersander) Phrixus Presbon
- “But afterwards when Phrixus returned from Colchi according to some, according to others Presbon, Phrixus’ son by the daughter of Æetes, then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
Book 9 · Chapter 34
- guardian: Athamas (father of Phrixus) (Athamas adopted Haliartus.) “adopted accordingly Haliartus and Coronus, the sons of Thersander, the son of Sisyphus, who was brother of Athamas.”
- parent: Thersander (son of Sisyphus) (Thersander is the parent of Haliartus.) “Haliartus and Coronus, the sons of Thersander”
- with Phrixus (Haliartus, one of the sons of Thersander, is included in the concession.) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
- with Presbon (The text gives Presbon as an alternative antecedent for “him.”) “then the sons of Thersander conceded the kingdom of Athamas to him and his posterity”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.