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Sicyon

Σικυών

(Σικυών), a son of Marathon, Metion, Erechtheus or Pelops, was the husband of Zeuxippe and the father of Chthonophyle. The town of Sicyon, which before him was called Mecone or Aegialoe, was said to have received its subsequent name from him. (Paus. 2.1.1, 6.2.3; Strab. viii. p.382.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.