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    mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, Lukáо̄n, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth...
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  • Laothoe Lycaon (king of Arcadia), son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia Lycaon, brother or son of Eurypylus of Cyrene Lycaon (genus)...
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    He was the father of Deianira, mother of the impious Lycaon below. Lycaon, king of Arcadia and son of Pelasgus. He is the Lycaon who tried to feed Zeus...
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  • turned to stone by Perseus Phineus, one of the sons of Lycaon, king of Arcadia Phineus (insect) a genus of shield bugs in the subfamily Discocephalinae Phineus...
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    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...
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    Callisto (mythology) (category Mortal women of Zeus)
    follower of Artemis, Callisto, who Hesiod said was the daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia, took a vow to remain a virgin, as did all the nymphs of Artemis...
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    Tantalus (redirect from Torment of Tantalus)
    Etching by Francisco Goya (1797) Child cannibalism Lycaon (king of Arcadia) Xenia (Greek), the Greek concept of hospitality, which Tantalus is described as breaking...
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  • Nyctimus (category Sons of Lycaon)
    youngest of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by an unknown woman. Nyctimus was the father of Periphetes...
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    Artemis (redirect from The Hunt of Artemis)
    of Ortygia. Callisto, the daughter of Lycaon, King of Arcadia, was one of Artemis' hunting attendants, and, as a companion of Artemis, took a vow of chastity...
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  • Makedon (mythology) (category Sons of Lycaon)
    not present in the list of Pausanias or Hyginus, Macednus is the tenth of the fifty sons of the impious Lycaon king of Arcadia. His mother may either be...
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  • Eleusis Eunostus Ganymede Hektor Heracles Icarus Iolaus Jason Lycaon (king of Arcadia) Meleager Odysseus (Ulysses) Orpheus Palamedes Pandion Parthenope...
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  • of ancient Arcadia Maenalus (mythology), an Arcadian prince, son of Lycaon (king of Arcadia) Mainalo, also known as Maenalus, a mountain in Arcadia This...
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  • later of Argos. She married and killed her groom, Xanthus, son of Aegyptus, king of Egypt. Arcadia, wife of Nyctimus, son of the impious Lycaon, and became...
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  • city of the same name (near the modern village of Alonistena), founded by Helisson, the son of Lycaon (king of Arcadia). From the son of Lycaon, the city...
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  • Animals in ancient Greece and Rome (category Culture of ancient Rome)
    imagery of wolves to discuss the cruelty of men. An altar of Zeus was located at Mount Lykaion, a mountain in Arcadia. Lycaon, king of Arcadia, was said...
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    This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where...
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  • mythology, the name of two individuals: Parrhasius or Parrhasus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad...
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  • Aristas (category Mythological kings of Arcadia)
    Aristas was an Arcadian king as the son of Parthaon, descendant of King Lycaon of Arcadia. He was the father of Erymanthus, ancestor of Psophis. Pausanias...
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    the city of Tripoli. Arkadikos B.C. is the basketball team based in Tripoli, founded in 1976. Lycaon, a mythical King of Arcadia Hermes, God of the gymnasium...
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  • of Berytus Lusia (Attica) Lycaethus Lycaon Lycaon (king of Arcadia) Lycaon (son of Priam) Lycaste Lycastus Lycastus (Crete) Lyceum Lyceus Lyciscus of...
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  • local myths, was born in Aliphera. Pallas was one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He...
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  • Arcas (category Mythological kings of Arcadia)
    and directed his anger toward Lycaon, turning him into the first werewolf. Then, Arcas became the new king of Arcadia and the country's greatest hunter...
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  • Azaes (category Children of Poseidon)
    Peloponnesian kings and his son may have been the maternal grandfather of King Lycaon of Arcadia through the latter's mother, Deianira. Plato, Critias 113d Plato...
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    of King Lycaon, king of Arcadia (which was claimed by Hesiod). For the Romans, she was one of the virginal companions of Diana, who caught the eye of...
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  • Thyraeus (mythology) (category Sons of Lycaon)
    one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He was the reputed eponymous founder of the Arcadian...
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    Tegea (category Populated places in ancient Arcadia)
    Tegeates, a son of Lycaon. Tegea (Ancient Greek: Τεγέα; Ionic Greek: Τεγέη) was one of the most ancient and powerful towns of ancient Arcadia, situated in...
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    portion of a human victim was changed to a wolf, as Lycaon had been after sacrificing a child. The altar of Zeus consists of a great mound of ashes with...
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    gods . . . Lycaon [the mythical first king of Arkadia], son of Pelasgus, built a temple [the first] to Mercurius [Hermes] of Cyllene in Arcadia. The Pleiades...
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  • Psophis (mythology) (category Women of Heracles)
    enlisted in one passage of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Male: Psophis, a descendant of Nyctimus, son of King Lycaon of Arcadia. The lineage is as follows:...
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  • Makareas), is the name of several individuals: Macareus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene...
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