Kypselids
The Kypseliden were a noble family from Corinth . They represented from 657/6 - 582/1 BC. The ruling tyrant . Kypselos , the progenitor of the family, was a son of the Labda, who came from the ruling aristocratic family of the Bakchiads . Kypselus drove out the Bakchiads and established a tyranny over Corinth. With the assassination of Psammetich , the rule of the Kypselid came to an abrupt end. The choice of his non-Greek name Psammetich is seen as evidence of a close friendship between the Kypselids and the Egyptian royal family.
The Kypseliden came from the Demos Petra, which was in the southeast of Corinthia .
List of the tyrants of Corinth:
Surname | Domination |
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Kypselus | 657/6 - 627/6 BC Chr. |
Periander | 627/6 - 585/4 BC Chr. |
Psammetich also Kypselus II. | 585/4 - 582/1 BC Chr. |
family tree
Eetion ♂ ∞ Labda ♀ | | Nebenfrau ♀ ∞ Kypselos ♂ ∞ Kratea ♀ | | | | Gorgos ♂ Periander ♂ ∞ Melissa ♀ _______|________ _|______________ | | | | Periander ♂ Psammetich ♂ Kypselos ♂ Lykophron ♂