Syceus Explained

In Greek mythology, Syceus (Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Συκεύς, Sykeus, from Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: συκέα meaning "fig-tree"^[1]) was a Titan son of Gaea (Earth) and eponym of the city of Sykea in Cilicia.^[2]

Mythology

Only Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae mentioned Sykeus' myth with his source being Tryphon's Of Plants (or Names of Plants)^[3] and Androtion's Farmers' Handbook:

See also

• Daphne
• Pitys
• Myrrha
• Lilaeus

Notes

1. Web site: Greek Word Study Tool. February 2, 2019. Perseus Digital Library.
2. [Athenaeus]
3. Book: Montana . Fausto . Franco Montanari . History of ancient Greek scholarship: From the beginnings to the end of the Byzantine age . 2020 . Brill . Leiden . 9789004430570 . 244–259 . Alexandrian Scholars in an Augustan World . 258 . Tryphon's... (Names) of Plants.

References

• Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perse–us Digital Library.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.