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Sicyon

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Si·cy·on  (ssh-n, ss-)
An ancient city of southern Greece in the northeast Peloponnesus near the Gulf of Corinth. It reached the height of its power under the tyrant Cleisthenes in the sixth century b.c.
Sicyon [ˈsɪsɪˌɒn ˈsɪsɪən]
n
(Placename) an ancient city in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese near Corinth: declined after 146 bc


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The tyranny of Orthagoras and his family at Sicyon, it is true, continued longer than any other: the reason for which was, that they used their power with moderation, and were in many particulars obedient to the laws; and, as Clisthenes was an able general, he never fell into contempt, and by the care he took that in many particulars his government should be popular.
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5: Hesiod represented Sicyon as the son of Erechtheus.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The mare had been given to Agamemnon by Echepolus son of Anchises, that he might not have to follow him to Ilius, but might stay at home and take his ease; for Jove had endowed him with great wealth and he lived in spacious Sicyon.
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