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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 [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 ...
Arcas, a mythological king of Arcadia, from which the region takes its name; Lycaon, a king of Arcadia turned into a wolf. He had fifty sons, many of which gave their names to various towns in the region. Callisto, daughter of Lycaon and follower of the goddess Artemis. She was turned into a bear and shot, becoming the constellation Ursa Major. [9]
Greek mythology introduced werewolves with the tale of the king of Arcadia, Lycaon, who tried to serve a sacrificed child for Zeus to eat. The story goes that Zeus was so angry at Lycaon’s crass ...
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
Some scholars identify Lycaon with Zeus Lycaeus, Zeus in his role as god of light, [citation needed] who slays Nyctimus (the dark), or is succeeded by him, in allusion to the perpetual succession of night and day. The succession of Nyctimus to the throne of Arcadia was explained by Sir James George Frazier in his notes to Apollodorus' The Library:
Lycaon ("wolf") Wolf: Zeus A king of Arcadia, Lycaon, once invited Zeus over for dinner. Lycaon butchered and served Zeus one of his own sons, or alternatively Arcas, Zeus’ own son by Lycaon's daughter Callisto. Zeus punished Lycaon by turning him into a wolf. Lycian peasants: Frogs: Leto
Pallas was one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon [4] either by the naiad Cyllene, [5] Nonacris [6] or by unknown woman. He had a daughter, Chryse who married Dardanus and brought the Palladium to Troy. [7] Stone statues of Pallas and his grandson Evander [8] were extant in Pallantium in Pausanias' times. [9]