Ce'rcyon
(
Κερκύων), a son of Poseidon by a daughter of Amphictyon, and accordingly a halfbrother of Triptolemus. (
Paus. 1.14.1.) Others call him a son of Hephaestus. (
Hyg. Fab. 38.)
He came from Arcadia, and dwelt at Eleusis in Attica. (
Plut. Thes. 11;
Ov. Met. 7.439.)
He is notorious in ancient story for his cruelty towards his daughter Alope [ALOPE] and all who refused to fight with him, but he was in the end conquered and slain by Theseus. (
Paus. 1.39.3.) Another personage of the same name is mentioned by Pausanias. (8.5.3; comp. AGAMEDES.)
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