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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.
Lycaon. From Ovid's Metamorphoses Book I, 209 ff. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων) was the name of the following personages: . 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.
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
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]
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 Greek mythology, Nyctimus (Ancient Greek: Νύκτιμος Nyktimos) was an Arcadian prince and the youngest of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon [1] either by the naiad Cyllene, [2] Nonacris [3] or by an unknown woman.
Mount Lykaion (Ancient Greek: Λύκαιον ὄρος, Lýkaion Óros; Latin: Mons Lycaeus) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece.Lykaion has two peaks: Stefani to the north and St. Ilias (Άγιος Ηλίας, Agios Īlías) to the south where the altar of Zeus is located.