A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

2. Tyrant of Sicyon, the father of Aristonymus, and grandfather of Cleisthenes. He gained the victory at Olympia in the chariot-race in the thirtythird Olympiad (B. C. 648). In commemoration of this victory he erected a treasury at Olympia, consisting of two chambers, lined with plates of brass. (Paus. 6.19.1; Hdt. 6.126.)