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.

Lycaon, in Greek mythology, a legendary king of Arcadia. Traditionally, he was an impious and cruel king who tried to trick Zeus, the king of the gods, into eating human flesh. The god was not deceived and in wrath devastated the earth with Deucalian’s flood, according to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book

LYKAON (Lycaon) was an early king of Arkadia who lived in the time before the Great Deluge. He sought to test the divinity of Zeus by serving the god a slaughtered child--either his son Nyktimos (Nyctimus), his grandson Arkas (Arcas), or a Molossian captive.

Lycaon was a king of Arcadia in Greek mythology, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea. A version of the myth in which Lycaon appears says that he had fifty sons with various wives. All of them were quite nefarious and carefree. Zeus visited them while being transformed as a …

Dec 21, 2019 · Lycaon was a king of Arcadia mentioned in Greek mythology. He is believed to have lived in the period before the Great Deluge, and therefore was a contemporary of two other legendary kings, Deucalion of Thessaly, and Cecrops of Athens.

Lycaon was a king of Arcadia in Greek mythology, but one punished by Zeus for his impiety. Today, Lycaon is often cited as being the first werewolf. Lycaon was the son of Pelasgus, one of the first mortals, who was either born of the soil, or was a son of Zeus and Niobe.

In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων) was the name of the following personages: Lycaon [1] or Lycon, [2] an Arcadian hero and prince as son of the giant Aezeius, one of the first Peloponnesian kings, by a nymph. He was the father of Deianira, mother of the impious Lycaon below. [3]

Lycaon, a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog; Canis lupus lycaon, the eastern wolf; Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown butterfly

Lycaon was the first lycanthrope and a servant of the Protogenos Gaea. Lycaon was once a human king of Arcadia, the son of Pelasgus and Meliboea. He tested Zeus, who was a guest, by serving him human meat, including meat from one of his own sons.

Aug 8, 1999 · Lycaon, a legendary king of Arcadia, is known for his founding of Lycaeum and his complex ancestry linked to figures like Pelasgus and Meliboia. Notorious for his impiety, Lycaon's hubris culminated in a gruesome act, offering Zeus—disguised as a guest—human flesh …