Thelxion of Sicyon
In Greek mythology, Thelxion (Ancient Greek: Θελξίων), son of Apis was a king of Sicyon. His son Aegyrus succeeded him. [1] Thelxion murdered his father when he attempted to subjugate the Peloponnesians but was himself probably slain by Argus Panoptes.[2]
Notes
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.7
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.1 'He also avenged the murder of Apis by putting the guilty (pl.) to death.'
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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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