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Lycaon
/ laɪˈkeɪɒn /
noun
- 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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But while she was in the mountains, she was hunted by some goat-herds and given up with her babe to Lycaon.
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Its scientific name is Lycaon venaticus; and besides the two common names already mentioned, it has half a dozen more.
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Mention is made of Lycaon, qui advenas et hospites trucidavit.
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He then slays Lycaon and Asteropus, deriding the river-god, Xanthus, as unable to aid his friends.
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Some fish, bounding through the wave, will escape to the dark ripple, 675 in order that he may devour the white fat of Lycaon.
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