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{{short description|Legendary king of Sicyon}} |
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'''Messapus''' ( |
'''Messapus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Μέσσαπος ''Messapos'') was the ninth king of [[Sicyon]] in the [[Peloponnesus]] according to classical [[Greek mythology|Greek mythography]]. |
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== Mythology == |
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However, [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanius]] omits this king Messapus, alleging that the throne passed directly from Leucippus, who had no male heir, to his grandson Peratus.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 2.5.7</ref> |
Writers quoting [[Castor of Rhodes]] state that he reigned there for 47 years following [[Leucippus (son of Thurimachus)|Leucippus]], and before [[Peratus|Eratus]].<ref>[[Eusebius]], ''Chronographia'' [https://topostext.org/work/531#63 63]</ref> However, [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanius]] omits this king Messapus, alleging that the throne passed directly from Leucippus, who had no male heir, to his grandson Peratus.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 2.5.7</ref> |
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According to [[Strabo]], [[Messapio]] in [[Boeotia]] |
According to [[Strabo]], [[Messapio]] in [[Boeotia]]<ref>[[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+9.2.13 9.2.13]</ref> and later Messapia in southeastern [[Italy]], derived their names from this Messapus. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 13:07, 23 August 2021
Messapus (Ancient Greek: Μέσσαπος Messapos) was the ninth king of Sicyon in the Peloponnesus according to classical Greek mythography.
Mythology
Writers quoting Castor of Rhodes state that he reigned there for 47 years following Leucippus, and before Eratus.[1] However, Pausanius omits this king Messapus, alleging that the throne passed directly from Leucippus, who had no male heir, to his grandson Peratus.[2]
According to Strabo, Messapio in Boeotia[3] and later Messapia in southeastern Italy, derived their names from this Messapus.
Notes
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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