Lycaon
/ (laɪˈkeɪɒn) /
Greek myth a king of Arcadia said to have offered Zeus a plate of human flesh to learn whether the god was omniscient
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How to use Lycaon in a sentence
But while she was in the mountains, she was hunted by some goat-herds and given up with her babe to Lycaon.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodIts scientific name is Lycaon venaticus; and besides the two common names already mentioned, it has half a dozen more.
St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 | VariousMention is made of Lycaon, qui advenas et hospites trucidavit.
He then slays Lycaon and Asteropus, deriding the river-god, Xanthus, as unable to aid his friends.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) | HomerSome fish, bounding through the wave, will escape to the dark ripple, 675 in order that he may devour the white fat of Lycaon.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) | Homer
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