Name Lycophron Corinth | Role Periander's son | |
Lycophron of Corinth (; Greek: Λυκόφρων) was the second son of the Corinthian tyrant Periander.
He was exiled by Periander in the seventh century BC when he found out Periander had killed his mother Melissa. Lycophron then lived for many years in Corcyra and some modern authors believe that he ruled the island as tyrant for the Corinthians, but ancient sources offer little evidence for this. At the end of his life, Periander asked his son to return to Corinth and rule as his successor, but Lycophron refused to accomplish, as long as his father lived in the same city. Periander then agreed to change positions and was ready to go to Corcyra if his son came to Corinth, but when the Corcyreans learned about this plan they killed Lycophron, probably about 586 BC. (Herodotus III 50-53 ; Diogenes Laertius I 94, 95 ; comp. Pausanias, II 28.)