Lycaon may refer to:
Mythology
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Lycaon (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων) was the name of the following personages:
* Lycaon or Lycon, son of the giant Aezeius, one of the first Peloponnesian kings, by a nymph. He was the father of Deianira, mo ...
, name of mythological characters named Lycaon
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Lycaon (son of Priam)
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's ''Iliad'', Lycaon (; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων; ''gen''.: Λυκάονος) was a son of Priam and Laothoe, daughter of the Lelegian king Altes.
Mythology
Lycaon was the half-brother of Hector.
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, son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe
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Lycaon (king of Arcadia)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; grc-att, Λυκᾱ́ων, ) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, tested Zeus' omniscience by serving him the roasted flesh of Lycaon's own son Nyctimus, in order to s ...
, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, the mythical first king of Arcadia
** Lycaon, brother or son of
Eurypylus of Cyrene
In Greek mythology, Eurypylus (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύπυλος ''Eurypylos'') was a son of Poseidon and the Pleiad Celaeno, and together with his brother Lycus, they ruled over the Fortunate Islands. Others state that Eurypylus was a king ...
Biology
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''Lycaon'' (genus), a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog
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Canis lupus lycaon'', the eastern wolf
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Hyponephele lycaon
''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. '', the dusky meadow brown butterfly
Other uses
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Lycaon (band), a Japanese visual kei rock band
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4792 Lykaon
4792 Lykaon is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 10 September 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The possibly elongated Jovian aste ...
, an asteroid
See also
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Lycurgus (disambiguation)
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Lycan (disambiguation)
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