Syllis (mythology)
{{Greek myth (nymph)}}In Greek mythology, Syllis (Ancient Greek: Συλλίδος) was a Sicyonian nymph who mothered Zeuxippus by Apollo. Her son succeeded Phaestus as the king of Sicyon when the latter migrated to Crete.Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.6.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Syllis 2.6.7] In some accounts, the mother of Zeuxippus was called Hyllis, daughter of Hyllus and Iole.Ibycus, fr. 282a. 41
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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:Female lovers of Apollo
Category:Mythological Sicyonians
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