Lycaon (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Greek: Λυκάων) was the name of the following personages:
- Lycaon or Lycon, 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.[1][2]
- Lycaon, king of Arcadia and son of Pelasgus.[3]
- Lycaon, a Trojan prince and son of Priam and Laothoe.[4]
- Lycaon, father of Pandarus and Eurytion, a companion of Aeneas in Italy. He was a resident of Zeleia in Lycia and together with his son, Lycaon responded to the call of King Priam in Troy when the city was attacked by a large army of the Greeks. During the third year of the war, Lycaon was killed by Achilles.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman antiquities, 1.11.2
- ↑ Greek Papyri III No. 140b
- ↑ Apollod. iii. 8. § 1
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 3.12.5
- ↑ Apd.Ep.3.34ff
- ↑ Vir.Aen.5.495
- ↑ Vir.Aen.9.304
- ↑ Vir.Aen.10.749
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