Peratus

Family: Sicyonian mythology · Role: son of Chalcinia and Poseidon · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 5

In Book 2, Chapter 5, Chalcinia bears Poseidon’s child, Peratus, who is raised by Leucippus (son of Thurimachus); when Leucippus dies, Peratus succeeds him as heir to the kingdom. Peratus is the father of Plemnæus.

Relationship record

Chalcinia bears Peratus to Poseidon; Leucippus raises him, and Peratus inherits the kingdom.(Book 2 · Chapter 5)
- With: Chalcinia Poseidon Leucippus (son of Thurimachus)
- “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.”

parent: Chalcinia (parent->child) “who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus,”
parent: Poseidon (parent->child) “who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus,”
guardian: Leucippus (son of Thurimachus) (guardian->ward) “who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus,”
child: Plemnæus (parent->child) “And the history of Plemnæus the son of Peratus seems to me most marvellous.”

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