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Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Leucippus (
Ancient Greek
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: Λεύκιππος ''Leukippos,'' "white horse") was the eight king of
Sicyon who reigned for 53 years.
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...
, ''Chronographia'
63
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Family
Leucippus was the son and heir of King Thurimachus
In Greek mythology, Thurimachus (Ancient Greek: Θουρίμαχος) was the seventh king of Sicyon who reigned for 45 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref>
Family
Thurimachus was the son and heir of King Aegyrus, descendant of the city's fo ...
, son of Aegyrus In Greek mythology, Aegyrus (Ancient Greek: Αἴγυρος) or Aegydrus was the sixth king of Sicyon who reigned for 34 years.
Family
Aegyrus was the son and heir of King Thelxion, descendant of the city's founder Aegialeus (an autochthon). ...
, son of Thelxion, son of Apis, son of Telchis :''"Telchis" is also the singular form of "Telchines".''
In Greek mythology, Telchis ( grc, Τελχίς means "one of the Telchines") may refer to two different or the same characters:
* Telchis or Telchin, the third king of Sicyon who reigned for ...
, son of Europs, son of Aegialeus (an autochthon).
Mythology
According to Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
* Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...
' account, Leucippus had only one child, a daughter Calchinia. She bore Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ...
a son, Peratus In Greek mythology, Peratus (Ancient Greek: Πέρατος means "wanderer, emigrant"), also called Eratus (Ἔρατος means "lovely"), was the 10th king of Sicyon who reigned for 46 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref>
Family
Peratus was ...
, who was reared by Leucippus and inherited the kingdom.[Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 2.5.7 ] In some account, Leucippus was succeeded by Messapus
Messapus, (Greek: Μέσσαπος, ''Messapos'') a character in Virgil's ''Aeneid'', appears in Books VII to XII of the Latin epic poem. He was a son of Neptune, a famous tamer of horses, and king of Etruria, known for being one "whom no one ca ...
as the ninth king of Sicyon.
Notes
References
*Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
* Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...
, ''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
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