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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lekhes''' or '''Leches''' ([[Ancient Greek]]:  Λέχης) was the mortal son of [[Pirene (mythology)|Peirene]] and [[Poseidon]]. Peirene, a [[Nymph]], was abducted by Poseidon and taken to the site that is now [[Corinth]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Peirene|url=http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphePeirene.html|website=theoi.com|accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref> He had one brother, Kenkhrias (or Cenchrias), also mortal.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pausanias|title=Description of Greece|publisher=Harper Collins|pages=2.3.3}}</ref> Together they founded the twin ports of [[Corinth]], also Korinthos, in Southern Greece. Lekhaion and its harbor was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Poseidon Family|url=http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.html|website=Theoi.com|accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref>
The town of Lechaion lasted about 1,000 years, from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. But the area has suffered several large earthquakes which have damaged the harbor. It is now the site of historical excavations which reveal the importance of this place as a trading post in ancient Greece.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harbor Near Ancient Corinth Turned It Into a Trading Hotspot|url=https://www.livescience.com/57330-ancient-corinth-harbor.html|website=Live Science|date=28 December 2016 |accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Corinth's Ancient Harbor Excavated|url=https://www.archaeology.org/news/4027-greece-corinth-lechaion|website=Archaeology|accessdate=25 December 2017}}</ref>
==Notes==
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== References ==
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
[[Category:Children of Poseidon]]
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