Skeiron

Skeiron, who then was fighting on the side of the Dioskuri.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Yet Skeiron was the son-in-law of Kychreus, and father-in-law of Aeakus, and grandfather of Peleus and Telamon, who were both of them sons of Endeis, the daughter of Skeiron and his wife

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

But they say that Theseus slew Skeiron, not when he first went to Athens, but that afterwards he took the town of Eleusis which belonged to the Megarians, by dealing treacherously with Diokles, who was the chief magistrate there, and that on that occasion he killed Skeiron.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Some writers assert that the Isthmian games were established in honour of Skeiron, and that Theseus wished to make them an atonement for the murder of his kinsman; for Skeiron was the son of Kanethus and of Henioche the daughter of Pittheus.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Others say that this festival was established in honour of Sinis, not of Skeiron.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Simonides says, "warring with all antiquity," say that Skeiron was not an arrogant brigand, but repressed brigandage, loved those who were good and just, and was related to them.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Moreover, Romulus's greatest achievement was the slaying of one man, the despot of Alba, whereas Skeiron, Sinis,

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Before coming to Megara he slew Skeiron by flinging him down a precipice into the sea, so the story runs, because he was a robber, but some say that from arrogance he used to hold out his feet to strangers and bid them wash them, and that then he kicked the washers into the sea.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

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