The Palace of the Parmexiades
The Parmexiades family is one of the most illustrious families of Meletis. His lineage descends from Parmexias the Great, a citizen of great prestige who fostered the league of cities that later became the polis of Meletis. His fame reached such an extent that his effigy is represented on the south pediment of the Pyrgnos together with other heroes and personalities of the city. Since then the family has become a reference of loyalty and diplomacy. His palace was built near the old palace of the patriarch of the family, who gave it to the city as accommodation for ambassadors, official feast hall and enclosure of the priestesses of the Pantheon. The new, more modest palace still offers everything the wealthy and influential family can afford, with symposiums being discussed for months in its sumptuous halls. The palace also maintains a remarkable altar to Heliod, patron god of the family since time immemorial. It also maintains a loom room decorated with tapestries and fabrics of the finest thread, where the young maidens of the family weave some of the most magnificent and richest sacred cloaks of the image of Ephara. The vestments of the goddess have always counted at least one young woman of the family among their chosen weavers, adding to the honor of their lineage. The current head of the family is Phineas Parmexiades, a pleasant man in his late sixties, who has ties to many families throughout Theros thanks to the marriages of his many daughters and sons. His wife, Odirea, is a magnificent hostess and her network of contacts is as remarkable as that of her husband. The prestige of the family is such that a group of citizens has proposed on occasion to make the Parmexiades kings, without much success on the other hand. The family seems to be oblivious to these movements and have always been loyal to the Twelve and the institutions of the Polis, further enhancing their prestige and respect.
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