Sikel ( dr. Greek Σικελός ) - in ancient Greek mythology an eponym of the Sikel people, from which it was called Sicily .
According to the historian Antiochus of Syracuse , he fled from some ancient Rome [1] . Accepted as a guest by Morgeth, established his power and divided the people [2] . According to Gellanic of Lesbos , king of the Avzons who fled from the Yapig to Sicily [3] .
According to the Philistine of Syracuse , the son of Italy , the king of ligurs, expelled by Ombriks and Pelasgians and resettled on the island [4] [5] [6] . According to Solin , the son of Poseidon [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus . I 73, 4.
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus . Roman antiquities I 12, 3, reference to Antiochus of Syracuse.
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman antiquities I 22, 3
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus . Roman antiquities I 22, 4
- ↑ Celius Italik . Punica, XIV, 37: Latin text
- ↑ L. Ilyinskaya. The most ancient island civilizations of the central Mediterranean in the ancient historical tradition - M .: MGPI , 1987. - P. 60.
- ↑ Ilyinskaya L.S. Solin 5, 7 // Ancient island civilizations of the central Mediterranean in the ancient historical tradition - M .: MGPI , 1987. - P. 62.