Cresphontes
Cresphontēs, ae, m. (Κρεσφόντης), ein Heraklide, Sohn des Aristomachus, Eroberer Messeniens, der bei einer Verschwörung der Vornehmen mit seinen beiden Söhnen umgebracht wurde; sein Schicksal Gegenstand einer Tragödie des Ennius, s. Gell. 6, 16, 10.
Cresphontēs, is ou æ, m. , Cresphonte [héros grec] : Hyg. Fab. 137 || tragédie dʼEuripide : Cic. Tusc. 1, 115.
Cresphontes
(Κρησφόντης), a Heracleid, a son of Aristomachus, and one of the conquerors of Peloponnesus, who obtained Messenia for his share. But during an insurrection of the Messenian nobles, he and two of his sons were slain. A third son, Aepytus, was induced by his mother, Merope, to avenge his father. (Apollod. 2.8.4, &c.; Paus. 2.18.6, 4.3.3, 31.9, 8.5. 34; comp. Aepytus.) [L.S]
Cresphontes
(Κρεσφόντης). A son of Aristomachus, who, with his brothers Temenus and Aristodemus, conquered the Peloponnesus. This was the famous conquest achieved by the Heraclidae. He and his two sons were subsequently slain by the Messenians. See Aristodemus; Heraclidae.
Cresphontes
Cresphontes, a Heraclid
- son of Aristomachus: Paus. 2.18.7, Paus. 8.5.6, Paus. 8.29.5
- Dorian leader: Paus. 4.31.11, Paus. 5.3.6
- marries Merope, daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia: Paus. 4.3.6, Paus. 8.5.6, Paus. 8.29.5
- returns with Temenus to Peloponnese: Paus. 2.18.7, Paus. 2.19.1
- obtains Messenia from Dorians by a ruse: Paus. 3.1.5, Paus. 4.3.4ff., Paus. 4.5.1
- gets Messene by lot: Apollod. 2.8.3, Apollod. 2.8.4
- builds palace in Stenyclerus: Paus. 4.3.7
- employs seer Eumantis: Paus. 4.16.1
- father of Aepytus: Paus. 4.3.7
- murdered by men of property: Paus. 4.3.7
- murdered by his sons: Apollod. 2.8.4
- portrait: Paus. 4.31.11
- invoked as hero by Messenians: Paus. 4.27.6