Sicyonian Mythology — Minor Figures

8 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Orthopolis

son of Plemnæus · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · guardian: Demeter “till Demeter took compassion on him, and coming to Ægialea as a stranger to Plemnæus reared his child Orthopolis.”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Chrysorthe “And Orthopolis had a daughter Chrysorthe:”

Plemnæus

son of Peratus · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Peratus “And the history of Plemnæus the son of Peratus seems to me most marvellous.”
• Book 2 · Chapter 11 · with Demeter “And as you descend to the plain is a temple of Demeter, and they say Plemnæus built it in gratitude to the goddess for rearing his son.”

Chrysorthe

daughter of Orthopolis · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Orthopolis “And Orthopolis had a daughter Chrysorthe:”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Coronus (son of Apollo) “she had a child, supposed to be Apollo’s, called Coronus.”

Telchis

son of Europs · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Europs “And they say that the son of Ægialeus was Europs, and the son of Europs Telchis, and the son of Telchis Apis.”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Apis “And they say that the son of Ægialeus was Europs, and the son of Europs Telchis, and the son of Telchis Apis.”

Thelxion

son of Apis · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Apis “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,”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Ægyrus “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,”

Chalcinia

daughter of Leucippus · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Leucippus (son of Thurimachus) “and Leucippus had no male children, and only one daughter Chalcinia,”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Peratus “who they say bore a child to Poseidon, who was called Peratus, and was brought up by Leucippus,”

Thurimachus

son of Ægyrus · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Ægyrus “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,”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Leucippus (son of Thurimachus) “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,”

Ægyrus

son of Thelxion · first appears Book 2 · Chapter 5

• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · parent: Thelxion “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,”
• Book 2 · Chapter 5 · child: Thurimachus “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,”

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