Lycaon may refer to:
Mythology
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Lycaon (Greek myth), name of mythological characters named Lycaon
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Lycaon (son of Priam), son of king Priam of Troy by Laothoe
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Lycaon (king of Arcadia), 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 o ...
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 (''Canis lycaon'' or ''Canis lupus lycaon'' or ''Canis rufus lycaon'') also known as the timber wolf, Algonquin wolf or eastern timber wolf, is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canad ...
'', 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)
was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in late 2007. Guitarist changed his name to in 2013. Eve is always credited as ''Schlagzeug'' which means ''drums'' in German. The band has announced that they would be disbanding in November 2015.
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, 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 astero ...
, an asteroid
See also
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Lycurgus (disambiguation)
Lycurgus or Lykourgos () may refer to:
People
* Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC)
* Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta
* Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' ...
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Lycan (disambiguation) Lycan may refer to:
* Lycan, Colorado
* An abbreviation for lycanthrope (werewolf) popularized by the ''Underworld'' film series
People with the surname
* William Lycan (born 1945), American philosopher
See also
* Lykan HyperSport, a Lebanese ca ...
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