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Lycaon (king Of Arcadia)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; , ) 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. Disgusted, Zeus transformed Lycaon into a wolf, while Nyctimus was restored to life. Despite being notorious for his horrific deeds, Lycaon was also remembered as a culture hero: he was believed to have founded the city Lycosura, to have established a cult of Zeus Lycaeus and to have started the tradition of the Lycaean Games, which Pausanias thinks were older than the Panathenaic Games. According to Gaius Julius Hyginus (d. AD 17), Lycaon dedicated the first temple to Hermes of Cyllene.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'225/ref> Family Lycaon was the son of Pelasgus and either the Oceanid Meliboea or Deianira, daughter of an elder Lycaon. His wife was called Cyllene, an Oread nymph who gave her name to Mount Cyllenê though sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lycaon may refer to: Mythology * 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 Biology * Lycaon (genus), ''Lycaon'' (genus), a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog * ''Canis lupus lycaon'', the eastern wolf * ''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown butterfly Other uses * Lycaon (band), a Japanese visual kei rock band * 4792 Lykaon, an asteroid See also *Lycurgus (other) *Lycan (other) {{Disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceanid
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides ( ; , ) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Description and function The Oceanids' father Oceanus was the great primordial world-encircling river, their mother Tethys was a sea goddess, and their brothers the river gods (also three thousand in number) were the personifications of the great rivers of the world. Like the rest of their family, the Oceanid nymphs were associated with water, as the personification of springs. Hesiod says they are "dispersed far and wide" and everywhere "serve the earth and the deep waters", while in Apollonius of Rhodes' ''Argonautica'', the Argonauts, stranded in the desert of Libya, beg the "nymphs, sacred of the race of Oceanus" to show them "some spring of water from the rock or some sacred flow gushing from the earth". The Oceanids are not easily categorized, nor confined to any single function, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orestes (play)
''Orestes'' (, ''Orestēs'') (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother. Background In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands. Despite Apollo's earlier prophecy, Orestes finds himself tormented by Erinyes or Furies to the blood guilt stemming from his matricide. The only person capable of calming Orestes down from his madness is his sister Electra. To complicate matters further, a leading political faction of Argos wants to put Orestes to death for the murder. Orestes’ only hope to save his life lies in his uncle Menelaus, who has returned with Helen after spending ten years in Troy and several more years amassing wealth in Egypt. In the chronology of events following Orestes, this play takes place after the events contained in plays such as ''Electra'' by Euripides and Sophocles or '' The Liba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euripides
Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the ''Suda'' says it was ninety-two at most. Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived more or less complete (''Rhesus (play), Rhesus'' is suspect). There are many fragments (some substantial) of most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declinedMoses Hadas, ''Ten Plays by Euripides'', Bantam Classic (2006), Introduction, p. ixhe became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.L.P.E.Parker, ''Euripides: Alcestis'', Oxford University Press (2007), Introduction p. lx Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholia
Scholia (: scholium or scholion, from , "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC. History Ancient scholia are important sources of information about many aspects of the ancient world, especially ancient literary history. The earliest scholia, usually anonymous, date to the 5th or 4th century BC (such as the ''scholia minora'' to the ''Iliad''). The practice of compiling scholia continued to late Byzantine times, outstanding examples being Archbishop Eustathius' massive commentaries to Homer in the 12th century and the ''scholia recentiora'' of Thomas Magister, Demetrius Triclinius and Manuel Moschopoulos in the 14th. Scholia were altered by successive copyists and owners of the manusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymph
A nymph (; ; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, landform, or tree, and are usually depicted as Virginity, maidens. Because of their association with springs, they were often seen as having healing properties; other divine powers of the nymphs included divination and shapeshifting. In spite of their divine nature, they were not immortality, immortal. Nymphs are divided into various Nymph#List, broad subgroups based on their habitat, such as the Meliae (ash tree nymphs), the Dryads (oak tree nymphs), the Alseids (Grove (nature), grove nymphs), the Naiads (Spring (hydrology), spring nymphs), the Nereids (sea nymphs), the Oceanids (ocean nymphs), and the Oreads (mountain nymphs). Other nymphs included the Hesperides (evening nymphs), the Hyades (mythology), Hyades (rain nymphs), and the Pleiade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oread
In Greek mythology, Oreads (; ) or Orestiads (; ) are mountain nymphs. They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as being found alongside gods such as Pan (god), Pan or Dionysus. A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help of the daughters of Nilus (mythology), Nilus, they erected a place of worship in honour of the woman Isidora, who died by drowning.''Pauly encyclopedias, RE'', s.v. Oreaden. Notes References * ''Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 9'', Mini – Obe, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2006. . * Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', London and New York, Routledge, 2004. . . * ''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', Band XVIII, Halbband 1, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1939Wikisource {{Authority control Oreads, Nymphs Mountain goddesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyllene (nymph)
In Greek mythology, Cyllene (; ), also spelled Kyllene (), is the Naiad or Oread nymph and the personification of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, the region in Greece where the god of travelers and shepherds Hermes was born and brought up.Smith, s.vCyllene/ref> In some versions Cyllene is said to have been Hermes' nurse while he was growing up. Family According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Cyllene and Pelasgus had a son named Lycaon, a king of the Arcadians. Otherwise, the latter's mother was either the Oceanid MeliboeaApollodorus3.8.1 Tzetzes on Lycophron481/ref> or Deianira, daughter of another Lycaon. According to others she was Lycaon's wife instead, but in others versions of the myth, his wife was called Nonacris, eponym of the Arcadian town of Nonacris. Mythology According to the ''Homeric Hymn to Hermes'', the newborn Hermes stayed in a cave with his mother the Pleiad nymph Maia, but in Sophocles's lost satyr play ''Ichneutae'' ("trackers") it was Cyllene who nurtured t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysius Of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. He is known for his work ''Rhōmaikē Archaiologia'' (Roman Antiquities), which describes the history of Rome from its beginnings until the outbreak of the First Punic War in 264 BC. Out of twenty books, only the first nine have survived. Dionysius' opinion of the necessity of a promotion of paideia within education, from true knowledge of classical sources, endured for centuries in a form integral to the identity of the Greek elite. Life He was a Halicarnassian. At some time after the end of the civil wars he moved to Rome, and spent twenty-two years studying Latin and literature and preparing materials for his history. During this period, he gave lessons in rhetoric, and enjoyed the society of many distinguished men. The date of his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaon (Greek Myth)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: wiktionary:Λυκάων, Λυκάων) may refer to: * Lycaon or Lycon (mythology), Lycon, an Arcadia (region), Arcadian hero and prince as son of the giant Aezeius, one of the first Peloponnese, Peloponnesian kings, by a nymph. He was the father of Deianira (mythology), Deianira, mother of the impious Lycaon below. * Lycaon of Arcadia, Lycaon, king of Arcadia (region), Arcadia and son of Pelasgus. He tried to feed Zeus human flesh; in some myths he is turned into a wolf as a result. *Lycaon, son of Ares and possibly Pelopia or Pyrene (mythology), Pyrene, and thus, the brother of Cycnus (son of Ares), Cycnus. Like his brother, he was also killed by Heracles in one of his adventures. *Lycaon, also called Lycus (mythology), Lycus, son of Poseidon and Celaeno, one of the Pleiades (Greek mythology), Pleiades. He was the brother of King Eurypylus of Cyrene, Eurypylus of Cyrene, Libya, Cyrene. *Lycaon, son of the above Eurypylu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deianira (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Deianira (Help:IPA/English, /ˌdeɪ.əˈnaɪrə/; Ancient Greek: Δηϊάνειρα, ''Dēiáneira'', or Δῃάνειρα, ''Dēáneira'', Help:IPA/Greek, [dɛːiáneːra]) was the name of three individuals whose name meant as "man-destroyer" or "destroyer of her husband". * Deïanira, as the daughter of Lycaon (Greek myth), Lycaon (Lycon (mythology), Lycon) son of the Giants (Greek mythology), giant Aezeius, one of the first kings of the Peloponnese, Peloponnesus. She married Pelasgus, son of Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus), Niobe and Zeus and, according to some, she became by him mother of the impious Lycaon (king of Arcadia), Lycaon. *Deianira, daughter of Oeneus of Calydon and wife of Heracles. * Deianira, an Amazons, Amazon killed by Heracles during his quest for the girdle of Hippolyta.Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.3 Notes References * Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992)Online versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycophron
Lycophron ( ; ; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem ''Alexandra'' is attributed (perhaps falsely). Life and miscellaneous works He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, and flourished at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285–247 BC). According to the ''Suda'', the massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopaedia, he was the son of Socles, but was adopted by Lycus of Rhegium. It is believed that Lycophron was acquaintances with Greek philosopher Menedemus, who may have influenced some of Lycophron's tragedies and even wrote a satyr drama about the man. At an unknown date Lycophron was intrigued by the literary movement in Alexandria and settled there. He was entrusted by Ptolemy with the task of arranging the comedies in the Library of Alexandria; as the result of his labours he composed a treatise ''On Comedy''. Lycophron is also said to have been a skillful writer of anagra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
