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Lycaon

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Lycaon

In Greek mythology, a king of Arcadia who served the god Zeus a dish of human flesh. He and all but one of his sons were killed by a flash of lightning or, according to another version, changed into wolves.



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] -- Hesiod says she (Callisto) was the daughter of Lycaon and lived in Arcadia.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Ida, men of substance, who drink the limpid waters of the Aesepus, and are of Trojan blood--these were led by Pandarus son of Lycaon, whom Apollo had taught to use the bow.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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