Syllis_(mythology)

Syllis (mythology)

Syllis (mythology)

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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.[1] In some accounts, the mother of Zeuxippus was called Hyllis, daughter of Hyllus and Iole.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Pausanias, 2.6.7
  2. [2]
    Ibycus, fr. 282a. 41

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.


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