Patræ — Minor Figures

4 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Antheas

son of Eumelus · first appears Book 7 · Chapter 18

• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · parent: Eumelus “And when Triptolemus had gone to sleep they say Antheas, the son of Eumelus, yoked the dragons to the chariot of Triptolemus, and tried himself to sow corn: but he died by falling out of the chariot.”
• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · with Triptolemus “they say Antheas, the son of Eumelus, yoked the dragons to the chariot of Triptolemus, and tried himself to sow corn”

Æginetus

first appears Book 7 · Chapter 18

• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · child: Pelias “And Ampyx was the son of Pelias, the son of Æginetus, the son of Deritus”
• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · parent: Deritus “And Ampyx was the son of Pelias, the son of Æginetus, the son of Deritus”

Deritus

first appears Book 7 · Chapter 18

• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · child: Æginetus “And Ampyx was the son of Pelias, the son of Æginetus, the son of Deritus”
• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · parent: Harpalus “the son of Deritus, the son of Harpalus, the son of Amyclas the son of Lacedæmon.”

Areus (son of Ampyx)

first appears Book 7 · Chapter 18

• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · child: Agenor (son of Areus) “And Agenor the father of Preugenes was the son of Areus the son of Ampyx”
• Book 7 · Chapter 18 · parent: Ampyx “And Agenor the father of Preugenes was the son of Areus the son of Ampyx”

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