HISTORY ALIVE

PARENTS

[1.1] NYX (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 212, Homer Iliad 14.250, Pausanias 5.18.1, Seneca Hercules Fur. 1068)

[1.2] EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.17) 

SIBLINGS

[1.1] THANATOS

When his owners retired, Pasion inherited the bank and established a shield factory. The gifts he provided Athens included one thousand shields and a trireme. Ultimately, Pasion was granted Athenian citizenship and started investing in real estate in order to accumulate more wealth. When he became too old to work, Pasion had Phormion, another slave, take care of the bank.

Pasion was married to Archippe, who "was thoroughly conversant with the trapezitic business; she had access to the bank's records, and detailed knowledge of its complex operations" and was evidently involved in his business.

When Pasion died in 370 BC his widow married Phormion in order to keep the bank in the family. Reportedly, she destroyed some of the bank records in order to protect Phormion and the business.

Pasion had two sons with Archippe: Apollodorus and Pasikles.