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Sicyon (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Sicyon (/ˈsɪkn/; 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

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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

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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

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  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

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