Lamedon (mythology)

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

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]

Regnal titles
Preceded by Epopeus	King of Sicyon 40 years	Succeeded by Sicyon

Notes

^ Eusebius, Chronographia 63
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.8
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.1
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.3
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.1.6
^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.5

References

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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[:0-1] 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

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