Lelex (king of Megara)
In Greek mythology, Lelex (/ˈliːlɪks/; Ancient Greek: Λέλεξ, gen. Λέλεγος) was a king of Megara and regarded as the ancestor of the Leleges.
Family[edit]
Lelex was the son of Poseidon and Libya, the daughter of Epaphus.[1] He was the father of Bias,[2] Cleson,[3] and possibly of Pterelaus.[4] Lelex' successor, his son Cleson fathered Pylas who in turn begat Sciron, the Megarian warlord or otherwise, the malefactor of Theseus.
Mythology[edit]
In the twelfth generation after Car (son of Phoroneus) reigned in the Carian land, Lelex immigrated from Egypt into Greece where he became king of Megara.[3] His tomb was shown below Nisaea, the acropolis of Megara.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Pausanias, 1.44.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.5
- ^ a b Pausanias, 1.39.6
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1473; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.747
- ^ Pausanias, 1.44.3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.443, 8.567 & 617
References[edit]
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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