Lelex

A son of Poseidon and Libya, the daughter of Epaphus. He was regarded as the ancestor of the Leleges, and is said to have immigrated from Egypt into Greece, where he became king of Megara; and his tomb was shown below Nisaea, the acropolis of Megara.

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References

Sources

  • Ovid. Metamorphoses vii, 443; viii, 567, 617.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 39.5, 44.5.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.