In Greek mythology, Syceus (Ancient Greek: Συκεύς, Sykeus, from συκέα meaning "fig-tree"1) was a Titan son of Gaia (Earth) and eponym of the city of Sykea in Cilicia.2
Mythology
Only Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae mentioned Sykeus' myth with his source being Tryphon's Of Plants (or Names of Plants)3 and Androtion's Farmers' Handbook:2
Sykeus, one of the Titans, was pursued by Zeus and taken under the protection of his mother, Earth, and that she caused the plant [the fig] to grow for her son's pleasure.
— Deipnosophistae
Notes
Notes
- "Greek Word Study Tool". Perseus Digital Library. February 2, 2019.
- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 78a This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Montana, Fausto (2020). "Alexandrian Scholars in an Augustan World". In Franco Montanari (ed.). History of ancient Greek scholarship: From the beginnings to the end of the Byzantine age. Leiden: Brill. pp. 244–259. ISBN 9789004430570. p. 258:
Tryphon's ... (Names) of Plants
References
References
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perse–us Digital Library.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.