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  • Hicetas, tyrant of Syracuse (b. - aft.-280)
    Hicetas, tyrant of Syracuse (289 BCE - 280 BCE) En Hicetas (Greek: Ἱκέτας or Ἱκέτης) was tyrant of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, during the interval between the reign of Agathocles and that of Pyrrhus .[...
  • Callippus of Syracuse (deceased)
    Callippus of Syracuse Callippus (/kəˈlɪp.əs/; Ancient Greek: Κάλλιππος Συρακούσιος) was a tyrant of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, who ruled briefly for thirteen months[1] from 354 to 352 BC. He was a native...
  • Philistis, Queen of Syracuse (deceased)
    Philistis Philistis, the wife of Hieron II, was a queen of ancient Syracuse, known only from her coins, which are numerous, and of fine workmanship, and from the occurrence of her name (bearing the t...
  • Gelo II, Co-King of Syracuse XVI (until 216 BC) (-266 - -216)
    =Gelo= Gelo, son of Hiero II (or Gelon) (before 266-216 BC) was the eldest son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse.Gelo died shortly before his father Hiero, at the age of more than 50 years. Not much is kno...
  • Hiero II, King of Syracuse XVI (275-215 BC) (-308 - -215)
    Hiero II of Syracuse Hiero II (Greek: Ἱέρων Β΄; c. 308-215 BC) was the Greek Sicilian king of Syracuse from 270 to 215 BC, and the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles , who claimed desc...

This project collects the profiles related to Ancient Greece, both human and mythological.

There are no proven descents from Ancient Greece to the modern world.

Descent from the Greek Gods

The ancient Greeks believed that their ruling families were descended from their gods. It was this descent that gave kings their right to rule.

Some of the divine ancestors of the royal houses were:

  • Deucalion was the Greek Noah, the survivor of a flood that destroyed the human race. He was the father of Hellen, the eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes (Greeks). Hellen was the ancestor of the royal families of Aeolia, Crete, Iocolos, Phocos, Thessaly,
  • Poseidon, the sea god, was the ancestor of the royal families of Phoenicia, Phrygia, Sidon, and Thebes.
  • Zeus, king of the gods, was the ancestor of the royal families of Egypt and Troy.

See: Greek Mythology Link, Three Main Ancestors, by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology.

Gods:

Trojan War

Greek City States:

Greek colonisation before Alexander 'the Great' (pre-336 BC)

Kings of Macedonia: