Leucippus (son of Thurimachus)

Also known as: Leucippus · Family: Sicyonian mythology · Role: father of Chalcinia and foster-father of Peratus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 5

Life events

• Chalcinia bears Peratus to Poseidon; Leucippus raises him, and Peratus inherits the kingdom.(Book 2 · Chapter 5)
  • With: Chalcinia Poseidon Peratus
  • “Leucippus had no male children, and only one daughter Chalcinia, who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus, and on his death succeeded to the kingdom as his heir.”

Book 2 · Chapter 5

• parent: Thurimachus (parent->child) “And the son of Apis was Thelxion, and the son of Thelxion was Ægyrus, and his son was Thurimachus, and the son of Thurimachus was Leucippus,”
• child: Chalcinia (parent->child) “and Leucippus had no male children, and only one daughter Chalcinia,”
• ward: Peratus (guardian->ward) “who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus,”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.