Damaratus
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Damaratus, the Laconian · the father of our King Tarquin
in the texts
Anabasis
A Laconian ancestor invoked to identify Procles.
When they were on the point of setting out, and just as the sun was rising, came Procles, the ruler of Teuthrania, a descendant of Damaratus, the Laconian, and with him Glus, the son of Tamos.
and Procles also came to the rescue, from Halisarna and Teuthrania, the descendant of Damaratus.
Tusculan Disputations
Father of King Tarquin, fled Corinth for Tarquinii to escape tyranny
Damaratus, indeed, the father of our King Tarquin, because he could not endure the tyrant Cypselus, fled from Corinth to Tarquinii, and there established his fortunes and begot children.