Syceus

In Greek mythology, Syceus (Ancient Greek: Συκεύς, Sykeus, from συκέα meaning "fig-tree"^[1]) was a Titan son of Gaia (Earth) and eponym of the city of Sykea in Cilicia.^[2]

Mythology

Only Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae mentioned Sykeus' myth with his source being Tryphon's Of Plants (or Names of Plants)^[3] and Androtion's Farmers' Handbook:^[2]

Sykeus, one of the Titans, was pursued by Zeus and taken under the protection of his mother, Earth, and that she caused the plant [the fig] to grow for her son's pleasure.

— Deipnosophistae

See also

• Daphne
• Pitys
• Myrrha
• Lilaeus