Lycomedes of Scyros
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Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης), also known as Lycurgus, was the most prominent king of the Dolopians in the island of Scyros near Euboea during the Trojan War
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Family
Lycomedes was the father of seven daughters including
Deidameia, and grandfather of Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus.
, 1745, oil on canvas, Uffizi, Florence
Mythology
Death of Theseus
Plutarch says that Lycomedes killed Theseus, who had fled to his island in exile by pushing him off a cliff for he feared that Theseus would dethrone him, as people of the island treated the guest with marked honor. Some related that the cause of this violence was that Lycomedes would not give up the estates which Theseus had in Scyros, or the circumstance that Lycomedes wanted to gain the favour of Menestheus.[1]
Achilles
At the request of
Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum) depicting Achilles on Skyros disguised as a woman and Odysseus
tricking him into revealing himself
Namesake
The asteroid
Jupiter Trojan, a group of asteroids which are by convention named for characters associated with the Trojan War
.
Notes
References
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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External links
- Media related to Lycomedes at Wikimedia Commons