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Sicyon (mythology)

Summary

In Greek mythology, Sicyon (/ˈsɪkiːoʊn/; Ancient Greek: Σικυών) is the eponym of the polis of the same name, which was said to have previously been known as Aegiale[1] and, earlier, Mecone.[2]

Family edit

Sicyon's father is named variously as Marathon,[3] Metion, Erechtheus or Pelops.[4] He married Zeuxippe, the daughter of Lamedon, the previous king of the polis and region that would come to be named after him.[5] They had a daughter Chthonophyle, who bore two sons: Polybus to Hermes and, later, Androdamas to Phlius, the son of Dionysus.[6] However, in some accounts, Chthnophyle bore Phlius to Dionysus instead.[7][8]

Mythology edit

Sicyon became the 19th king of Sicyonia after he was named as the successor of his father-in-law Lamedon. This was his reward after aiding the latter in his war against, Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achaeus.[9] Sicyon reigned for 45 years and the kingdom was inherited by his son Polybus.[10]

Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Sicyon
45 years 		Succeeded by

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5; Strabo, 8.6.25 gives the form Aegialeis.
  2. ^ Strabo, 8.6.25
  3. ^ Pausanias, 2.1.1
  4. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Asius of Samos for Metion, Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus, and Ibycus for Pelops.
  5. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5
  6. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.6
  7. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Phlius
  8. ^ Scholia to Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.115
  9. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5
  10. ^ Eusebius, Chronographia 63

References edit

  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.