Lycaon may refer to In Greek mythologyLycaon Troy , son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe Lycaon Arcadia , son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia Lycaon, brother or son of Eurypylus Son of Poseidon Eurypylus of Cyrene In biology Lycaon genus Lycaon genus , a genus containing one extant species, the African Wild Dog L. pictus , and one extinct species, L. sekowei Canis lupus lycaon , the Eastern Wolf In astronomy 4792 Lykaon , an asteroid Disambig br Lycaon de Lykaon el es Lica n fr Lycaon ko nl Lycaon pl Likaon sk Lyka n sr ... more details
for the son of Pelasgus LycaonmythologyLycaon gen . , in Greek mythology , was a son of Priam and Laothoe . During the Trojan War , Lycaon was captured by Achilles while cutting branches in Priam s orchard. Achilles sold him as a slave to Euneus of Lemnos , but Eetion disambiguation Eetion of Imbros bought him and took him back to Troy. Only twelve days later, he faced Achilles in battle, during Achilles terrible wrath after the death of Patroclus . Lycaon grasped Achilles knees and begged for mercy, either in exchange for a ransom or in memory of Patroclus gentle nature however, neither argument swayed Achilles, who slew him without pity. ref Homer. Iliad , XXI, 35 155. ref References reflist greek myth stub Characters in the Iliad Category People of the Trojan War Category Characters in the Iliad Category Greek mythology Category Trojans de Lykaon Troer el fa fr Lycaon fils de Priam ko it Licaone Priamo ru sr ... more details
For the Trojan Lycaon, see Lycaon son of Priam Lycaon son of Priamos . Image Lycaon turned into wolf Goltzius 1589.jpg thumb right 300px Zeus turning Lycaon into a Gray wolf wolf engraving by Hendrik Goltzius . In Greek mythology , Lycaon was a king of Arcadia , son of Pelasgus and Meliboea , who in the most ... of Lycaon as being Arcas , son of Jupiter Zeus and Callisto mythology Callisto , the daughter of Lycaon. When saved and restored to life, Arcas was brought up to be a hunter. By mistake, he ... Greek Mythology Link of Carlos Parada http www.theoi.com Heros Lykaon.html Theoi Project Lycaon Commonscat Lycaon Category Greek mythology Category Mythological kings of Arcadia Category Werewolves ... transformed Lycaon into the form of a Gray wolf wolf , and killed Lycaon s fifty sons by lightning ... deeds, Lycaon was also remembered as a culture hero he was believed to have founded the city Lycosura ... , 8. 2. 1 ref According to Hyginus , Lycaon dedicated the first temple to Hermes of Mount Kyllini ... after the wife of Lycaon. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 17. 6 ref Versions of the main myth There are several version of the Lycaon myth, already reported by Hesiod Fragmenta astronomica ... Bibliotheca , Lycaon had sired 50 sons with many wives. These sons were the most nefarious and carefree ... Lycaon and his sons with lightning. Only the youngest son, Nyctimus , was saved due to the intervention of Gaia mythology Gaia . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus ... account one mentions that the idea to serve Zeus a slaughtered child belonged to Maenalus, one of Lycaon ... to Pausanias , Lycaon was instantly transformed into a wolf after sacrificing a child on the altar ... extends the characteristics of Lycaon and his sons onto all the Arcadians. ref Lycophron, Alexandra ... watcher , by Gaius Julius Hyginus translated by Mary Grant . ref Nicolaus Damascenus tells that Lycaon ..., Lycaon mistrusted and derided the signs of Zeus divine nature which the god openly demonstrated upon ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Hyponephele lycaon image Hyponephele lycaon.jpg image width 300px domain Eukaryote Eukaryota regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Brush footed butterfly Nymphalidae genus Hyponephele species H. lycaon binomial Hyponephele lycaon binomial authority S.A. von Rottemburg Rottemburg , 1775 The Dusky Meadow Brown Hyponephele lycaon is a butterfly species belonging to the Family biology family Nymphalidae . It can be found in Europe , primarily the South and East. Image Hyponephele lycaon mounted.jpg thumb left 200px Image Hyponephele lycaon upside.jpg thumb left 200px The wingspan is ca. 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses. External links http nlbif.eti.uva.nl bis vlinders.php?selected beschrijving&menuentry soorten&id 312 Butterflies of Europe Satyrinae stub Category Hyponephele commons Hyponephele lycaon de Kleines Ochsenauge fr Misis papillon nl Grauw zandoogje pms Hyponephele lycaon fi Id nh r nsilm vi Hyponephele lycaon ... more details
Automatic taxobox image Wild dog Lyacon pictus.jpg image alt Two dogs sharing a meal. image caption Dogs of the genus Lycaon eat mostly meat. authority Joshua Brookes Brookes , 1827 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Lycaon pictus L. pictus small Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1820 small br Extinct Lycaon sekowei L. sekowei small Hartstone Rose et al., 2010 small Lycaon is a canid genus comprising two species, the extant Lycaon pictus L. pictus , known as the African wild dog, painted dog pictus is Latin for painted , or African hunting dog and the extinct Lycaon sekowei L. sekowei . ref name Hartstone Rose References Reflist refs ref name Hartstone Rose Cite doi 10.1666 09 124.1 ref Wikispecies Lycaon Commons cat Category Canids dog stub ... more details
Automatic taxobox image Postcranial skeleton of a wild dog.jpg image alt An assortment of fossilized bones on display. image width 250px image caption Fossil of Lycaon sekowei , a possible ancestor of the African wild dog authority Hartstone Rose et al., 2010 Lycaon sekowei is an extinct canid species from southern Africa that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. ref name Hartstone Rose Like Lycaon pictus L. pictus , the other species in the genus that is alive today, L. sekowei was a hypercarnivore however, its front paws were not as specialized for running. ref name Hartstone Rose References Reflist refs ref name Hartstone Rose Cite doi 10.1666 09 124.1 ref Wikispecies Commons category Category Prehistoric canines Category Pliocene mammals Category Pleistocene mammals dog stub ... more details
Automatic Taxobox image LycaonPictus.jpg image caption Lycaon pictus at the Cincinnati Zoo , Ohio, USA ... Brookes Brookes , 1827 binomial Lycaon pictus binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck ... Canis pictus Lycaon pictus is a large canid found only in Africa , especially in savanna s and lightly ... Lycaon pictus is derived from the Greek language Greek for wolf and the Latin for painted . It is the only ... lycaon pictus Arkive African Wild Dog ref ref http animals.nationalgeographic.com animals mammals african ...?animal 2 title African wild dog Lycaon pictus work publisher Lioncrusher s Domain accessdate 2007 ... hunting dog Lycaon pictus journal International Society for Behavioral Ecology year 2002 url http ... forum research articles reports talks 6396 african wild dogs lycaon pictus pack formation roger burrows.html ... extensively. ref name EoM File Lycaon pictus at Monarto Zoo.jpg thumb left An African wild dog ... al. year 2008 id 12436 title Lycaon pictus downloaded 06 May 2008 Database entry includes justification ... wild dog Lycaon pictus. I. Diagnosing and treating causes of decline year 1999 last1 Woodroffe first1 ... in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus year 2001 last1 Girman first1 D. J. last2 Vil first2 C ... Lycaon pictus is the only extant taxon extant species in the genus Lycaon . An extinct species from the African Pleistocene , Lycaon sekowei , is a possible ancestor of the modern species. ref ... pleistocene Ancestor of Wild Dogs, Lycaon sekowei N. Sp, Journal of Paleontology March 2010 84 ... of Eurasia is Xenocyon lycaonoides this is sometimes also placed in Lycaon . ref name MN R ... of a wild dog.jpg thumb Fossil of Lycaon sekowei , a possible ancestor of modern wild dogs There are five recognized subspecies of Lycaon pictus ref name msw3 MSW3 Wozencraft ref Lycaon pictus pictus Lycaon pictus lupinus Lycaon pictus manguensis Lycaon pictus sharicus Lycaon pictus somalicus ... www.terranuova.org file download 59 African wild dogs Lycaon pictus from NE Kenya Recent records ... more details
Parrhasius was in Greek mythology the son of Lycaon Arcadia Lycaon or of Zeus . He was an Arcadian hero, and his son Arcas had the region named after him. ref The dictionary of classical mythology, Pierre Grimal, p. 346 7 ref He is said to have founded the Arcadian city of Parrhasia Arcadia Parrhasia . References reflist Category Ancient Greek geography Category Ancient Greek heroes Category Greek mythology Category Mythological kings of Arcadia Category Parrhasia es Parrasio hijo de Lica n ... more details
In Greek mythology , Pallas was a son of LycaonmythologyLycaon ref Pseudo Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 3. 8. 1 ref and the eponym ous founder of the Arcadia n town of Pallantion ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Pallantion ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 3. 1 ref . He was the teacher of Athena ref Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Roman Antiquities , 1. 33. 1 ref , who, according to local myths, was born in Aliphera ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 26. 6 ref . He also had a daughter Chryse mythology Chryse , who married Dardanus and brought the Palladium to Troy ref Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Roman Antiquities , 1. 61. 2 1. 62. 1 1. 68. 3 ref . Stone statues of Pallas and his grandson ref name Servius Servius on Aeneid , 8. 51 ref Evander of Pallene Evander were extant in Pallantium in Pausanias times ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 44. 5 ref . Roman authors used Pallas name to provide an etiology for the name of the hill Palatium ref name Servius . References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Arcadian mythology Category Athena Greek myth stub cite book title Classical Mythology year 2007 ... more details
For other uses, see Myth disambiguation , Mythology disambiguation , and Mythos disambiguation . TOCright pp move indef The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths e.g., comparative mythology , or to a body or collection of myths a mythos , e.g., Inca mythology . ref Kirk, p. 8 myth , Encyclop dia ... comparative mythology reinterpreted myth as evolution toward science E. B. Tylor , disease of language ... as fiction, supports the idea of myth as ongoing social practice. Nature of myths Mythology ... is about chaps , so mythology is about gods. ref As sacred stories, myths are often endorsed ... also Legend Folktale The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths or to a body or collection of myths. ref Kirk, p. 8 myth , Encyclop dia Britannica ref For example, landscape mythology is the study of landscape features in terms of totemistic mythology, whereas Hittite mythology is the body ... of mythology a historical overview see also Comparative mythology Historically, the important approaches to the study of mythology have been those of Giambattista Vico Vico , Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph ... translation. ref Interest in polytheistic mythology revived in the Renaissance , with early works ... orders of mythology myths that are metaphorical of spiritual potentiality in the human being, and myths ... of birth, Athena has dominion over all things of the intellect. Comparative mythology Main Comparative mythology Comparative mythology is the systematic comparison of myths from different cultures. ref ... statements about mythology. ref name Northup, p. 8 Northup, p. 8 ref One exception to this modern ... study of mythology. ref name Northup, p. 8 Modern mythology File 10,000 BEF 1929.jpg thumb 200px 1929 Belgium Belgian banknote , depicting Ceres Roman mythology Ceres , Neptune mythology Neptune ... continue the trend of mining traditional mythology in order to directly create a plot for modern ... literary criticism Artificial mythology Creation myth Deluge myth Fairy Fable Geomythology Legendary ... more details
In Greek mythology , Nomia was a nymph of Arcadia , where the local people believed the Nomian Mountains to have been named after her. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 38. 11 ref She apparently was a companion of Callisto mythology Callisto , the daughter of Lycaon Arcadia Lycaon Pausanias mentions a painting of the two, with Callisto sitting on a bearskin and her feet lying on Nomia s knees there is also Pero portrayed next to them. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 10. 31. 10 ref Nomia is also a possible name for the Sicily Sicilian nymph who loved Daphnis but was abandoned by him and, in revenge, blinded the young man and changed him into a rock. ref Servius on Virgil s Eclogue 8. 68 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Nomia Mythology Category Nymphs Category Greek mythology Category Arcadian mythology Greek myth stub bg cs Nomia sr tr Nomia ... more details
In Greek mythology , Psophis was the name of three characters one male and two female , all of whom were considered possible eponyms for the city of Psophis . They are enlisted in one passage of Pausanias Description of Greece . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 24. 1 2 ref Male Psophis, a descendant of Nyctimus . The lineage is as follows Nyctimus Periphetes Parthaon Aristas Erymanthus person Erymanthus Arrhon Psophis. Female Psophis, daughter of Xanthus and granddaughter of Erymanthus son of Arcas . Psophis, daughter of Eryx , a Sicilia n despot. She was made pregnant by Heracles , who then entrusted her to his friend Lycortas, a native of the city of Phegeia older name for the city of Psophis . She gave birth to two sons, Echephron and Promachus , who were brought up in Phegeia and renamed it Psophis after their mother. Yet another Psophis, daughter of Lycaon Arcadia Lycaon , is mentioned as the possible eponym of the city by Stephanus of Byzantium . ref Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Ps phis ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ... more details
In Greek mythology , Dia lang el or , heavenly , divine or she who belongs to Zeus may refer to Dia, a goddess venerated at Phlius and Sicyon . She was seen by the locals as identical to Hebe mythology Hebe and or Ganymeda. ref Strabo , Geographica 8. 6. 24, cf. Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 13. 3 for Ganymeda ref ref Only another name for Hebe mythology Hebe , the daughter of Hera , according to Karl Kerenyi The Gods of the Greeks , 1951, p.159 , who adds and indeed was probably the name for Hera herself, as she who belongs to Zeus or the heavenly one for this is the meaning of the word. ref Dia, daughter of Deioneus or Eioneus , wife of Ixion who killed her father so as to not pay the bride price and mother of the Lapiths Lapith Pirithous , whose marriage to Hippodamia wife of Pirithous Hippodameia was the occasion of the Lapiths Centauromachy battle with the Centaur s. The father of Pirithous by her was Zeus , who approached her in the shape of a stallion a folk etymology derived Pirithous name from to run around , because that was what Zeus did to seduce Dia. ref Homer , Iliad 14.317 scholia on Iliad , 1. 268 on Odyssey , 11. 631 Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 69. 3 Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius on Homer, 101. 3 Hyginus , Fabulae , 155 scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 3. 62 Nonnus , Dionysiaca 7. 110 128 scholia on Pindar s Pythian Ode 2. 21 39 ref ref Robert Graves , The Greek Myths 1960 63a ref Dia, daughter of the king Lycaon Arcadia Lycaon thus sister of Callisto mythology Callisto , mother of Dryops by Apollo ref Tzetzes on Lycophron 480 scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 1. 1213 Etymologicum Magnum ... 2 Category Greek mythology Category Greek goddesses Category Thessalian mythology Category Arcadian mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Mortal women of Zeus Category Mortal parents of demigods in Classical mythology Greek myth stub de Dia Mythologie es D a mitolog a fr Dia mythologie ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Chryse or golden may refer to Chryse, daughter of Almus son of Sisyphus Almus , a lover of Ares and mother of Phlegyas ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 36. 1 ref . Chryse, a nymph or minor goddess of Lemnos or of Chryse Island who lured Philoctetes away from his companions which resulted in him bitten by a snake ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 102 ref . Some sources state that Chryse was a local epithet of Athena , and the misfortune happened to Philoctetes next to her altar, which the snake was guarding. ref Sophocles , Philoctetes , 1327 ref ref Tzetzes on Lycophron , 911 ref The altar was said to have been set up by Jason ref Philostratus the Younger , Images , 17 ref . Chryse, daughter of Pallas son of Lycaon Pallas and consort of Dardanus ref Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Roman Antiquities , 1. 68. 3 ref . Chryse, daughter of Timander, sister of Eurytione, Hellotis and Cottyto, from Corinth ref Scholia on Pindar , Olympian Ode 13. 56b. See Eurythemis for an alternate version. ref . Chryse, a surname of Aphrodite on Lesbos ref Scholia on Homer , Iliad , 3. 64 ref . References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Mortal parents of demigods in Classical mythology Category Nymphs Category Epithets of Aphrodite Category Epithets of Athena bg de Chryse Tochter des Almos el es Crisa mitolog a nl Chryse pl Chryse ru ... more details
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ref Parthenius of Nicaea Parthenius , Love Romances , 15 ref Leucippus, the son of Poemander mythology ..., son of Eurypylus Son of Poseidon Eurypylus and Sterope, brother of Lycaon. ref Tzetzes on Lycophron , 886 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Leucippus Mythology Category Greek mythology Category ... more details
. ref was the daughter of LycaonmythologyLycaon , king of Arcadia , ref Other writers gave her a mortal genealogy as the daughter of one or the other of Lycaon s sons Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke ...Image Fran ois Boucher 012.jpg thumb 250px In Jupiter mythology Jupiter and Callisto by Fran ois Boucher , Zeus takes the form of Artemis Diana mythology Diana Pushkin Museum , Moscow In Greek mythology , Callisto or Kallisto lang el IPA el kallis t was a nymph of Artemis . Transformed into a bear and Catasterismi set among the stars , she was the bear mother of the Arcadia ns, through her son Arcas . Origin of the myth The name Kalliste , most beautiful , may be recognized as an epithet of the goddess herself, though none of the inscriptions at Athens that record priests of Artemis Kalliste , date before the third century BCE. ref Daniel J. Geagan. The Athenian Constitution After Sulla Hesperia Supplements 12 1967 72, 95 . ref Artemis Kalliste was worshipped in Athens in a shrine which lay outside the Dipylon gate, by the side of the road to the Academy . ref Klio Beitr ge zur alten Geschichte Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Institut f r Griechisch R mische Altertumskunde 1907. ref W. S. Ferguson suggested ref In Klio 7 1907 213f . ref ... . Book II, Lines 405 531 Ovid narrates the myth also in Fasti , book II. ref it was Jupiter mythology Jupiter Zeus who took the form of Diana mythology Diana Artemis so that he might evade his wife Juno mythology Juno s detection, forcing himself upon Callisto while she was separated from Diana and the other ... Callisto mythology Pseudo Apollodorus. Bibliotheke III.8.2. Hyginus , attrib., Poeticon astronomicon ... index.asp Lady Lever Art Gallery Category Greek mythology Category Shapeshifting Category Mythological bears Category Arcadian mythology Category Greek feminine given names Category Italian given names Category Mortal women of Zeus Category Metamorphoses in Greek mythology az Kallisto nimfa bg ... more details
but not present in the list of Pausanias or Hyginus, Macednus is the tenth of the fifty sons of LycaonmythologyLycaon king of Arcadia . The most close brother to him by region is Thesprotus . In the story of Pindus mythology Pindus and the serpent by Claudius Aelianus , Makedon is the son of Lycaon ... with Europus. Finally, in the version of Lycaon king of Emathia, Pindus mythology Pindus is a son ... Periegetes 427 ref thus the son of Hellen . In later traditions, Magnes mythology Magnes is also reported ... of Abdera , Greek and Egyptian mythology have been syncretism syncretized . Osiris has taken the place ... and in later traditions Makedon is mentioned as a son of the were wolf Lycaon. Son of Lycaon According ... preceding the birth of Makedon son of Aeacus , instead of Lycaon . ref A History of Macedonia ... of Makedon are Atintanians Atintan in the version of Lycaon eponymous of a region in Epirus or Illyria , Beres mythology Beres , father of Mieza , Beroea and Olganos , toponyms in Bottiaea , Europus by Oreithyia ... of Macedon References reflist DEFAULTSORT Makedon Mythology Category Kings in Greek mythology Category Offspring of Zeus Category Mythology of Macedonia kingdom Category Deucalionids bn el ... more details
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Striga a word for both fairy tale Jezibaba, Yaga Baba and real village witch. See also Lamia mythology ... Philological Association 1974 , Vol. 127. 1997 , pp. 315 344. DEFAULTSORT Strix Mythology ... more details
Image Thor.jpg thumb 200px Thor or Donar , god of thunder, one of the major figures in Germanic mythology. Germanic mythology is a comprehensive term for myths associated with historical Germanic paganism , including Norse mythology , Anglo Saxon mythology , Continental Germanic mythology , and other versions of the mythologies of the Germanic people s. Germanic mythology ultimately derives from Indo European mythology , also known as Indo Germanic mythology. See also Common Germanic deities Female spirits in Germanic paganism Germanic paganism Germanic mysticism disambiguation Germanic folklore disambiguation List of Germanic deities Paganism in the Alpine region DEFAULTSORT Germanic Mythology Category Germanic mythology ko no Germansk mytologi pl Mitologia germa ska tl Mitolohiyang Hermaniko ... more details
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