In Greek mythology, Calchinia (Ancient Greek: Καλχινίᾳ) was a Sicyonian princess as a daughter of King Leucippus of Aegialea. She consorted with the sea-god Poseidona and bore him a son, Peratus. Leucippus reared his grandson and with the former's death, he handed over the kingdom to Peratus.[1]
Note
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.5.7
References
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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