Cypselus
historical figure · 5 works · 6 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Cypselus son of Eetion · Cypselus the tyrant · Eetion's son · the tyrant Cypselus
in the texts
The Histories
Father of Periander; the treasury at Delphi identified as his, not the Corinthian people's
although in truth it is not the treasury of the Corinthian people but of Cypselus son of Eetion.
The oracle was as follows:
Cypselus, son of Eetion, the king of noble Corinth,
On Fate
Ruler whose reign at Corinth was, according to Chrysippus's own account, foretold by the oracle of Apollo a thousand years in advance.
You, on the other hand, say that even things which will not be can come to pass—such as that this gem should be broken, even though it never will be—and that it was not necessary for Cypselus to reign at Corinth, although that had been declared a thousand years before by the oracle of Apollo.
On the Commonwealth
Tyrant of Corinth whose domination drove Demaratus into exile
who, when he could not endure Cypselus the tyrant of the Corinthians, is said to have fled with great wealth and to have betaken himself to Tarquinii, a most flourishing city of Etruria.
Tusculan Disputations
Tyrant of Corinth
Damaratus, indeed, the father of our King Tarquin, because he could not endure the tyrant Cypselus, fled from Corinth to Tarquinii, and there established his fortunes and begot children.