In Greek mythology, Lamedon ( /ˈlæmɪˌdɒn, ˈlæmɪdən/; Ancient Greek: Λαμέδων) also known as Laomedon, was the 18th king of Sicyon who reigned for 40 years.[1]

Family

Lamedon was the younger son of King Coronus the Sicyonian, and brother to King Corex.[2] He was married Pheno, daughter of the Athenian Clytius, and had by her a daughter Zeuxippe.

Mythology

After his older brother died without issue, Lamedon was to succeed him, but the kingdom was seized by Epopeus.[3] However, Epopeus died of a wound he had received in the battle against Nycteus, and Lamedon took over as his heir; according to Pausanias, Lamedon was responsible for giving Antiope up to Lycus.[4]

Later, when Lamedon was engaged in a military conflict against Archander and Architeles (sons of Achaeus and the husbands of the Danaïdes Scaea and Automate[5]), he had Sicyon of Attica for an ally. In reward for Sicyon's assistance, Lamedon gave him Zeuxippe to wife and pronounced him his successor.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Eusebius, Chronographia 63
  2. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.8
  3. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.1
  4. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.3
  5. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.1.6
  6. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.5

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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. 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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