Sicyon
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Sicyonian adjective
Example Sentences
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Peter Pan, three months old, one of six children, son of Prides Hill Sicyon and Lady Babbie, bids fair to become Presidential hound.
From Time Magazine Archive
After this she was carried off by Epopeus, king of Sicyon, who would not give her up till compelled by her uncle Lycus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Ephorus of Ephesus was his first teacher, but attracted by the renown of the Sicyonian school he went and studied at Sicyon.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
In 251 B.C. he overthrew the tyrant of Sicyon and joined that city to the Ach�an League, which he greatly extended.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The citizens of Sicyon employed three sculptors to execute statues of these goddesses, promising to choose from among the nine images, those which they should consider the most beautiful.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
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