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Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) 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.
A young boy was killed and then consumed by one of the participants, in this case by Damarchus, and as a result Zeus would transform the cannibal into a wolf. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] According to Pausanias, the werewolf could once again live as a man provided he abstained from human flesh for nine years; if, however, the wolf tasted the flesh of a man, he ...
In Gaveston's version, Diane is played by a naked boy holding an olive branch to hide his loins, and it is the boy-Diane who transforms Actaeon into a hart and lets him be devoured by the hounds. Thus, Gaveston's (and Marlowe's) interpretation adds a strong element of homoeroticism , absent from the original myth.
The Slavic languages share a term for "werewolf" derived from the Common Slavic vuko-dlak, meaning "wolf-furr". The wolf as a mythological creature plays an important role in Balkan and Serbian mythology and cults. [34] [35] In the Slavic and old Serbian religion and mythology, the wolf was used as a totem. [36]
In Greek mythology, Lycus or Lykos (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə s / LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf') was a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes (Boeotia). His rule was preceded by the regency of Nycteus and in turn, Lycus was succeeded by the twins Amphion and Zethus.
Lycus (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə s / LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf') is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology: Lycus, one of the Telchines [1] who fought under Dionysus in his Indian campaign. [2] He is otherwise said to have erected a temple to Apollo Lycius on the banks of Xanthus river. [3]
These boots were called afterwards, from his name, Iphicratids (Greek: Ἰφικρατίδες). [78] [79] The bodyguards of the Peisistratid tyrants were called wolf-feet (Λυκόποδες). According to one theory, they were called like this because they had their feet covered with wolf-skins, to prevent frostbites. [80]
In Greek mythology, Autolycus (/ ɔː ˈ t ɒ l ɪ k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Αὐτόλυκος Autolykos 'the wolf itself') [1] was a successful robber who had the power to metamorphose or make invisible the things he stole. [2] He had his residence on Mount Parnassus and was renowned among men for his cunning and oaths.