< Marathonius, son of Deucalion >

1 Origin

Marathonius was born in Doris, near the River Peneius in northern Thessaly, in 1435 BC.

Marathonius' father was Deucalion, son of Dorus.

2 Family

Marathonius' wife was probably Chrysorthe, daughter of Orthopolis, for the following reasons:

Castor, a chronicler of the 2nd century BC, lists Marathonius as the 13th king of Sicyon.

He was the son of Deucalion, and is thought to have married Chrysorthe in the following way:

In 1407 BC, Achaeus' sons Archander and Architeles fought against Sicyon.

Pausanias reports that Lamedon was the opponent of Achaeus' sons.

However, Lamedon was three generations after the sons of Achaeus, and the king of Sicyon of the same generation as the sons of Achaeus was Orthopolis, the 12th king of Sicyon.

The sons of Achaeus fought against Orthopolis, and Sisyphus, the son of Aeolus, and Marathonius, the son of Deucalion, sided with the sons of Achaeus, as they were of the same race.

After the battle, Sisyphus founded Ephyraea (later Corinth) on the east side of Sicyon.

Marathonius married Chrysorthe, the daughter of Orthopolis, and became the 13th king of Sicyon.

3 Others

In 1420 BC, Marathonius moved from northern Thessaly to the land (later Cynus) at the eastern end of Epicnemidian Locris.

In 1407 BC, Marathonius moved to Sicyon and married Chrysorthe.

Castor lists six names of kings of Sicyon, from Marathonius to Lamedon.

Of these, five, except Epopeus, did not have the right to rule Sicyon.

After the battle of 1407 BC, Sicyon was under the control of Ephyraea.

Sicyon became independent in 1321 BC when Marathon's son Sicyon took control of the town.