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Sithon was the son of either Poseidon and Ossa [1] or of Ares and Anchiroe. [2] [ AI-generated source?] He was married to the nymph Mendeis, [1] though Anchiroe is otherwise also given as his wife rather than mother, [3] [AI-generated source?] and had at least two daughters: Rhoeteia, eponym of the promontory of Rhoetium in the Troad, [2] and Pallene.
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]
Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, king of Ashtaroth, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Chronicled in Numbers, he was defeated by Moses and the Israelites at the battle of Jahaz. He and Og were said to be the two kings Moses defeated on the east side of the Jordan river.
In Greek mythology, the name Coronus (Ancient Greek: Κόρωνος means "crooked, curved") may refer to: Coronus, king of the Lapiths, the son of Caeneus and counted among the Argonauts. [1] In some accounts his father was Actor. [2] His own children were Leonteus [3] and Lysidice. [4] He led a war against King Aegimius and was killed by ...
The Greek god Zeus and the Roman god Jupiter both appear as the head gods of their respective pantheons. [121] [113] *Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr is also attested in the Rigveda as Dyáus Pitā, a minor ancestor figure mentioned in only a few hymns, and in the Illyrian god Dei-Pátrous, attested once by Hesychius of Alexandria. [122]
Sicyon (/ ˈ s ɪ ʃ i ˌ ɒ n, ˈ s ɪ s-/; Greek: Σικυών; gen.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyōn was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. The ruins lie just west of the modern village of Sikyona (previously Vasiliko).
In Greek mythology, the underworld or Hades (Ancient Greek: ᾍδης, romanized: Háidēs) is a distinct realm (one of the three realms that make up the cosmos) where an individual goes after death. The earliest idea of afterlife in Greek myth is that, at the moment of death, an individual's essence ( psyche ) is separated from the corpse and ...
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ ˈ s ɪ s ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus's wrath.