Leucippus (son of Thurimachus)
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In Greek mythology
Leucippus was king of Sicyon
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He was the son of Thurimachus, son of Aegyrus, son of Thelxion, son of Apis
, son of Telchis, son of Europs, son of Aegialeus
(an autochthon).
Leucippus had only one child, a daughter Calchinia. She bore Poseidon
a son, Peratus, who was reared by Leucippus and inherited the kingdom.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
Leucippus was king of Sicyon
Sicyon
Sikyon was an ancient Greek city situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day prefecture of Corinthia...
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He was the son of Thurimachus, son of Aegyrus, son of Thelxion, son of Apis
Apis (Greek mythology)
-King of Argos:Apis was a king of Argos. He was a son of Phoroneus by the nymph Laodice, and brother of Niobe. During his reign he established a tyrannical government and called the Peloponnesus after his own name Apia: but he was killed in a conspiracy headed by Thelxion, king of Sparta, and Telchis...
, son of Telchis, son of Europs, son of Aegialeus
Aegialeus
In Greek mythology, Aegialeus is a name attributed several individuals.* Aegialeus was the elder son of Adrastus, a king of Argos, and either Amphithea or Demonassa. Aegialeus was identified as one of the Epigoni, who avenged their fathers' disastrous attack on the city of Thebes by retaking the...
(an autochthon).
Leucippus had only one child, a daughter Calchinia. She bore Poseidon
Poseidon
Poseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
a son, Peratus, who was reared by Leucippus and inherited the kingdom.