Sicyon (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Sicyon (; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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

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

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]

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
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]
8. [Scholia]
9. Pausanias, 2.6.5
10. [Eusebius]