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:''For other figures named Aegialeus, see Aegialeus (disambiguation)'' Aegialeus in classical Greek semi-mythical historiography was considered the original settler of the Peloponnese and the founder and first ruler of the city-state of ''Aegialea'', later known to history as Sicyon. The primary source for the early history of Sicyon was the writing of Castor of Rhodes, known from excerpts cited or utilized in later authors, such as Pausanias, Africanus, Eusebius, Jerome, and George Syncellus. Castor stated that Aegialeus' reign as first king of Sicyon lasted for 52 years, a few generations before Inachus founded Argos; that the Peloponessus was called ''Aegialea'' after him; and that he was succeeded by Europs. Eusebius further asserts that Aegialeus' reign was said to begin in the 15th year of Belus' reign in Assyria, although his colleague Jerome calculated it slightly later. The work ''Bibliotheke'' ("The Library"), also known as "Pseudo-Apollodorus", also cites Castor, however it presents a distorted account giving the primacy to Argos rather than Sicyon, with an altogether different genealogy making Aegialeus a son of Inachus. According to this variant, Aegialeus died childless, his mother was the Oceanid Melia, and his brother was Phoroneus. ==In Pausanias== In his ''Description of Greece'',〔(Pausanias 2.5.6 )〕 one of the earliest sources to make use of Castor, Pausanias wrote: :''The Sicyonians, the neighbours of the Corinthians at this part of the border, say about their own land that Aegialeus was its first and aboriginal inhabitant, that the district of the Peloponnesus still called ''Aegialus'' was named after him because he reigned over it, and that he founded the city ''Aegialea'' on the plain. Their citadel, they say, was where is now their sanctuary of Athena; further, that Aegialeus begat Europs, Europs Telchis, and Telchis Apis.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aegialeus (King of Sicyon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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