Cypselus
Cypsĕlus, i, m., = Κύψελος,
- a tyrant at Corinth, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 109.—Hence,
- II Cypsĕlĭdes, ae, m., = Κυψελίδης, the descendant of Cypselus, i. e. Periander, Verg. Cir. 463.
1. Cypselus, ī, m. (Κύψελος), ein berühmter Tyrann zu Korinth, Cic. Tusc. 4, 109. – Davon Cypselidēs, ae, m. (Κυψελίδης), der Nachkomme des Cypselus, d.i. Periander, Ps. Verg. Cir. 463 (464).
2 Cypsĕlus, ī, m. , tyran de Corinthe : Cic. Tusc. 5, 109 || -ĭdēs, æ, m. , fils de Cypselus, Périandre : Virg. Cir. 464.
Cypsĕlus
(Κύψελος). A tyrant of Corinth, B.C. 655-625, so named because when a child he was concealed from the Bacchiadae (the Doric nobility of Corinth) by his mother in a chest (κυψέλη). He was succeeded in the tyranny by his son Periander.
Cypselus
Cypselus, an Athenian
- father of the elder Miltiades: Hdt. 6.35
- king of Arcadia: Paus. 8.5.6
- gives his daughter Merope to Cresphontes to wife: Paus. 4.3.6, Paus. 8.5.6, Paus. 8.29.5
- brings up Aepytus, son of Cresphontes: Paus. 4.3.7
- founds Basilis: Paus. 8.29.5
- his family forfeits the kingdom: Paus. 8.5.13
- tyrant of Corinth: Hdt. 1.14, Hdt. 1.20, Paus. 2.4.4, Paus. 5.2.3, Paus. 5.17.5, Paus. 10.24.1
- his career (elsewhere a patronymic of Periander): Hdt. 5.92
- hidden in chest in infancy: Paus. 5.17.5
- C. and his ancestors came from Gonussa: Paus. 5.18.7
- father of Periander: Paus. 1.23.1
- dedicates golden image of Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.2.3