Lamedon (mythology)

Lamedon was the younger son of King Coronus the Sicyonian, and brother to King Corex.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.8 He was married Pheno, daughter of the Athenian Clytius, and had by her a daughter Zeuxippe.

After his older brother died without issue, Lamedon was to succeed him, but the kingdom was seized by Epopeus.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.1 However, Epopeus died of a wound he had received in the battle against Nycteus, and Lamedon took over as his heir; according to Pausanias, Lamedon was responsible for giving Antiope up to Lycus.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.3

Later, when Lamedon was engaged in a military conflict against Archander and Architeles (sons of Achaeus and the husbands of the Danaïdes Scaea and AutomatePausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.1.6), he had Sicyon of Attica for an ally. In reward for Sicyon's assistance, Lamedon gave him Zeuxippe to wife and pronounced him his successor.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.5

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• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

Category:Princes in Greek mythology

Category:Mythological kings of Sicyon

Category:Mythological Sicyonians

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