InGreek mythology,Syceus (Ancient Greek:Συκεύς,Sykeus, fromσυκέα meaning "fig-tree"^[1]) was aTitan son ofGaia (Earth) and eponym of the city of Sykea inCilicia.^[2]

OnlyAthenaeus in hisDeipnosophistae mentioned Sykeus' myth with his source beingTryphon'sOf Plants (orNames of Plants)^[3] andAndrotion'sFarmers' Handbook:^[2]

Sykeus, one of theTitans, was pursued byZeus and taken under the protection of his mother, Earth, and that she caused the plant [the fig] to grow for her son's pleasure.

• Daphne
• Pitys
• Myrrha
• Lilaeus
• Myrsine

• Athenaeus of Naucratis,The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854.Online version at the Perse–us Digital Library.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis,Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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