Herodotus' Histories

Cleisthenes of Sikyon

Family: Sikyonian · Role: despot · First appears: Book 6 · §126–133

Book 6 · §126–133

  • parent: Arisonymos “For Cleisthenes the son of Arisonymos, the son of Myron, the son of Andreas, had a daughter whose name was Agariste;”
  • child: Agariste “For Cleisthenes the son of Arisonymos, the son of Myron, the son of Andreas, had a daughter whose name was Agariste;”
  • admired: Agariste “For Cleisthenes the son of Arisonymos, the son of Myron, the son of Andreas, had a daughter whose name was Agariste; and as to her he formed a desire to find out the best man of all the Hellenes and to assign her to him in marriage.”
  • with Megacles (Cleisthenes of Sikyon offered Agariste to Megacles in betrothal.) “to the son of Alcmaion, Megacles, I offer my daughter Agariste in betrothal according to the customs of the Athenians.”

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