Pausanias' Description of Greece

Archedius

Family: Tegean royal family · Role: son of Tegeates · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 53

In Book 8, Chapter 53, Archedius is named as a son of Tegeates and a sibling of Cydon and Gortys. The three migrated to Crete of their own accord, where they gave their names to towns.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Cydon, Archedius, and Gortys migrated to Crete and gave their names to towns.(Book 8 · Chapter 53 · 📍 Crete)
    • With: Cydon Gortys
    • “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete, and gave their names to the towns Cydonia and Gortys and Catreus.”

Book 8 · Chapter 53

  • parent: Tegeates “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
  • siblings with Cydon “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
  • siblings with Gortys “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”

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