Leches

Role: mythic founder · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 2

In Book 2, Chapter 2, Leches and Cenchrias are said to have been sons of Poseidon and Pirene, daughter of Achelous—though Hesiod’s poem gives Pirene a different parentage. The Corinthian seaports were named after Leches and Cenchrias.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 2

• parent: Poseidon (Poseidon is reputed to be the father of Leches.) “The Corinthian seaports got their names from Leches and Cenchrias, who were reputed to be the sons of Poseidon by Pirene the daughter of Achelous: though in Hesiod’s poem the great Eœæ Pirene is said to be the daughter of Œbalus.”
• parent: Pirene (Pirene is reputed to be the mother of Leches.) “The Corinthian seaports got their names from Leches and Cenchrias, who were reputed to be the sons of Poseidon by Pirene the daughter of Achelous: though in Hesiod’s poem the great Eœæ Pirene is said to be the daughter of Œbalus.”
• siblings with Cenchrias “The Corinthian seaports got their names from Leches and Cenchrias, who were reputed to be the sons of Poseidon by Pirene the daughter of Achelous: though in Hesiod’s poem the great Eœæ Pirene is said to be the daughter of Œbalus.”

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