Sicyon
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Peter Pan, three months old, one of six children, son of Prides Hill Sicyon and Lady Babbie, bids fair to become Presidential hound.
From Time Magazine Archive
When twenty years old Aratus delivered Sicyon from its tyrant by a bold coup de main.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
According to the account of Herodotus1698 there were at Sicyon, an ancient seat of the worship of Bacchus, tragic choruses which sung of Bacchus, and undoubtedly of his sufferings.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
The citizens of Sicyon employed three sculptors to execute statues of these goddesses, promising to choose from among the nine images, those which they should consider the most beautiful.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
He was of Ionian origin, but after he had attained some celebrity he became a student at the celebrated school of Sicyon, where he worked under Pamphilus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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