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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.
He is the Lycaon who tried to feed Zeus human flesh; in some myths he is turned into a wolf as a result. [4] Lycaon, son of Ares and possibly Pelopia [5] or Pyrene, [6] and thus, the brother of Cycnus. Like his brother, he was also killed by Heracles in one of his adventures. [7] Lycaon, also called Lycus, son of Poseidon and the Pleiad Celaeno.
In the founding myth, of Lycaon's [2] banquet for the gods that included the flesh of a human sacrifice, [3] perhaps one of his sons, Nyctimus [4] or his grandson, Arcas, [5] Zeus overturned the table and struck the house of Lycaon with a thunderbolt; [6] his patronage at the Lykaia can have been little more than a formula. [7]
In punishment, Zeus slew Lycaon and his fifty sons. [13] Other sources, including the Roman poet Ovid, claim instead that Lycaon's punishment was transformation into a wolf, an early example of lycanthropy. [14]
In fact, Greek mythology tells the story of a confrontation between Lycaon, a cruel king, and the Greek god, Zeus, in which Zeus ultimately punishes Lycaon by turning him into a wolf.
In folklore, a werewolf [a] (from Old English werwulf 'man-wolf'), or occasionally lycanthrope [b] (from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος, lykánthrōpos, 'wolf-human'), is an individual who can shape-shift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction, often a bite or the occasional ...
Lycaon: turned into a wolf by the gods as punishment for serving them his murdered son Nyctimus' flesh at a feast. Lykos (Λύκος) of Athens: a wolf-shaped herο whose shrine stood by the jury court, and the first jurors were named after him. [7] Winged Horses, or Pterippi.
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