Pergamus
(Πέργαμος), a son of Pyrrhus and Andromache. In a contest for the kingdom of Teuthrania, he slew its king Areins, and then named the town after himself Pergams, and in it he erected a sanctuary of his mother. (Paus. 1.11. § l, &c.) [L.S]
PE´RGAMUS (Πέργαμος, Hdt. 7.112), a fortress in the Pieric hollow, by which Xerxes passed in his march, leaving Mt. Pangaeum on his right. It is identified with Právista, where the lower maritime ridge forms a junction with Pangaeum, and separates the Pieric valley from the plain of Philippi. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 3. p. 178.)
[E.B.J]PE´RGAMUS (Πέργαμος), a town of Crete, to which a mythical origin was ascribed. According to Virgil it was founded by Aeneas (Aen. 3.133), according to Velleius Paterculus (Vellei. 1.1) by Agamemnon, and according to Servius by the Trojan prisoners belonging to the feet of Agamemnon (ad Virg. Aen. l. c. ). Lycurgus, the Spartan legislator, was said to have died at this place, and his tomb was shown there in the time of Aristoxenus. (Plut. Lyc. 32.) It is said by Servius (l. c.) to have been near Cydonia, and is mentioned by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 20) in connection with Cydonia. Consequently it must have been situated in the western part of the island, and is placed by Pashley at Plataniá. (Travels in Crete, vol. 2. p. 23.) Scylax says (p. 18, Huds.) that the Dictynnaeum stood in the territory of Pergamus.
- Xerxes' route past it: Hdt. 7.112
- Paus. 1.10.4, Paus. 5.13.3, Paus. 7.16.1
- formerly called Teuthrania: Paus. 1.4.5, Paus. 1.11.2
- seized by Philetaerus: Paus. 1.10.4
- sanctuary and worship of Aesculapius at: Paus. 2.26.8, Paus. 3.26.10
- altar made of ashes of victims at: Paus. 5.13.8
- image of Apollo at: Paus. 8.42.7
- chamber of Attalus at: Paus. 9.35.6
- tomb of Auge at: Paus. 8.4.9
- iron heads of lion and boar at: Paus. 10.18.6
- picture of sacrifice of Polyxena at: Paus. 10.25.10
- Pythium at: Paus. 9.35.7
- spoils of Corinth at: Paus. 7.16.8
- tomb of Silenus at: Paus. 6.24.8
- sacrifices offered to Telephus, at: Paus. 5.13.3
- Pergamenians descended from Telephus and his Arcadians: Paus. 1.4.6
- their wars: Paus. 1.4.6
- have spoils taken from Gauls: Paus. 1.4.6
- their country formerly sacred to the Cabiri: Paus. 1.4.6
- worship Telesphorus: Paus. 2.11.7
- Paus. 1.11.1, Paus. 3.20.8
- conquers Teuthrania and calls it Pergamus: Paus. 1.11.2