Lycaon may refer to:
Mythology
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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 Pel ...
, name of mythological characters named Lycaon
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Lycaon (son of Priam)
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's ''Iliad'', Lycaon (; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων; ''gen''.: Λυκάονος) was a son of Priam and Laothoe, daughter of the Lelegian king Altes.
Mythology
Lycaon was the half-brother of Hector. ...
, son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe
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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 hu ...
, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia
** Lycaon, brother or son of
Eurypylus of Cyrene
In Greek mythology, Eurypylus (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύπυλος ''Eurypylos'') was a son of Poseidon and the Pleiad Celaeno, and together with his brother Lycus, they ruled over the Fortunate Islands. Others state that Eurypylus was a king ...
Biology
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''Lycaon'' (genus), a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog
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Canis lupus lycaon'', the eastern wolf
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Hyponephele lycaon
''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. '', the dusky meadow brown butterfly
Other uses
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Lycaon (band)
was a Japanese visual kei rock music, rock band formed in late 2007. Guitarist changed his name to in 2013. Eve is always credited as ''Schlagzeug'' which means ''drums'' in German language, German. The band has announced that they would be di ...
, a Japanese visual kei rock band
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4792 Lykaon
4792 Lykaon is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 10 September 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The possibly elongated Jovian aster ...
, an asteroid
See also
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Lycurgus (disambiguation)
Lycurgus or Lykourgos () is the legendary lawgiver of ancient Sparta.
It may also refer to:
People
* Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC)
* Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' at Athens
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Lycan (disambiguation)
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