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Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's Iliad, Lycaon (/ l aɪ ˈ k eɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων; gen.: Λυκάονος) was a son of Priam [1] and Laothoe, daughter of the Lelegian king Altes. Illustration of Lycaon on an amphora in preparation for battle
Lycaon [1] or Lycon, [2] an Arcadian hero and prince as son of the giant Aezeius, one of the first Peloponnesian kings, by a nymph. He was the father of Deianira, mother of the impious Lycaon below. [3] Lycaon, king of Arcadia and son of Pelasgus. He is the Lycaon who tried to feed Zeus human flesh; in some myths he is turned into a wolf as a ...
In Greek mythology, Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Ancient Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was believed to be one of the followers of Artemis (Diana for the Romans) who attracted Zeus. Many versions of Callisto's story ...
Lycaon (Greek myth), name of mythological characters named Lycaon Lycaon (son of Priam), son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe; Lycaon (king of Arcadia), son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia; Lycaon, brother or son of Eurypylus of Cyrene
In the founding myth, of Lycaon's [2] banquet for the gods that included the flesh of a human sacrifice, [3] perhaps one of his sons, Nyctimus [4] or his grandson, Arcas, [5] Zeus overturned the table and struck the house of Lycaon with a thunderbolt; [6] his patronage at the Lykaia can have been little more than a formula. [7]
The most important divine struggle in Greek mythology was the Gigantomachy, the battle fought between the Giants and the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos. [37] It is primarily for this battle that the Giants are known, and its importance to Greek culture is attested by the frequent depiction of the Gigantomachy in Greek art.
In Greek mythology, Oenotrus (Ancient Greek: Οἴνωτρος, romanized: Oínōtros) was the youngest of fifty sons of Lycaon from Arcadia.Together with his brother Peucetius (Πευκέτιος), he migrated to the Italian Peninsula, dissatisfied because of the division of Peloponnesus among the fifty brothers by their father Lycaon.