and father of a son whose name was also Dryas. Lycurgus banned the cult of Dionysus. When Lycurgus heard that Dionysus was in his kingdom, he imprisoned...
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including Diomedes, Tereus, Lycurgus, Phineus, Tegyrius, Eumolpus, Polymnestor, Poltys, and Oeagrus (father of Orpheus). Thrace is mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses...
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Edoni (category Ancient Thrace stubs)
people. The conflict began with Lycurgus' opposition to either the drinking of wine or the worship of the new god. Lycurgus was based at the mouth of the...
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of Thrace, died in the Trojan war Cisseus, father of Theano, the wife of Antenor Diomedes of Thrace, Giant that ruled over the Bistones Lycurgus, of...
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Lycurgus (mythology), name of mythological characters named Lycurgus Lycurgus of Arcadia, king Lycurgus (of Nemea), son of Pheres Lycurgus of Thrace,...
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Rhesus (/ˈriːsəs/; Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος Rhêsos) is a mythical king of Thrace in The Iliad who fought on the side of Trojans. Rhesus arrived late to the...
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individuals: Lycurgus, son of Aleus, and king of Tegea in Arcadia Lycurgus, a king of Nemea, and son of Pheres. Lycurgus, king of Thrace and opponent...
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romanized: Nûsa), variously associated with Ethiopia, Libya, Boeotia, Thrace, India, or Arabia by Greek mythographers, was the traditional place where...
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Cisseis – one of the maenads who tried to kill Lycurgus. Clite – one of the maenads who tried to kill Lycurgus. Codone – a follower of Dionysus in the Indian...
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was a giant from ancient Greek mythology, who in conjunction with Lycurgus of Thrace chained the god Dionysus and threw him into a river. The god Hermes...
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Oeagrus (category Mythological kings of Thrace)
violent death of their king Lycurgus. Oeagrus has also sometimes been called the son of the god Ares, who was associated with Thrace. Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope...
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ambrosia breathed a holy fragrance." Lycurgus, king of Thrace, forbade the cult of Dionysus, whom he drove from Thrace, and attacked the gods' entourage...
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In the Edoni (Ἠδωνοί, Ēdōnoí), Dionysus presumably arrived in Thrace where King Lycurgus attempted to suppress the worship of the new god. The second play...
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Dryas (mythology) (category Greek mythology of Thrace)
holy to the god Dionysus, whose cult Lycurgus was attempting to extirpate. Dryas, father of the aforementioned Lycurgus, and thus grandfather of the above...
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(Lycurgus as father), fr. 752h.26–28 (Lycurgus as priest of Zeus), fr. 757 (Eurydice as mother), fr. 757.41–44 (Hypsipyle as nurse). Although Lycurgus...
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Arcadian king who was transformed by Zeus into a wolf Lycurgus of Arcadia, a king of Arcadia Lycurgus, a king of Nemea, and/or a priest of Zeus at Nemea...
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Harmonia into serpents. Only Tiresias is spared. In the Iliad, when King Lycurgus of Thrace heard that Dionysus was in his kingdom, he imprisoned Dionysus' followers...
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Quarter feature mosaic decorations with mythological scenes, including Lycurgus of Thrace and Ambrosia in an upper-story mosaic, as well as Athena and Hermes...
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History of Sparta (section The reforms of Lycurgus)
most ancient sources place the life of Lycurgus. Indeed, the Spartans ascribed their subsequent success to Lycurgus, who instituted his reforms at a time...
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barbarian. The eyes sting, his eyes are lowered. Probably it is Lycurgus, King of Thrace, and an enemy of Dionysus. He pursued the young god, who threw...
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in his Life of Lycurgus that due to the lack of money in ancient Sparta, and because of the strict moral regime instituted by Lycurgus, there was no prostitution...
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from her the way to a spring in Nemea, where she served as nurse to King Lycurgus' son Opheltes.) Her son Euneus later became king of Lemnos. In order to...
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exiled. Subsequently, Hippomedon was appointed as governor of the cities of Thrace which were subject to Ptolemy III Euergetes. Hippomedon was a son of Agesilaus...
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Peloponnesian War (translation of Thukydides's books – in Project Gutenberg) Peloponnesian war Peloponnesian war on Lycurgus.org (archived 29 August 2016)...
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Charops (mythology) (category Greek mythology of Thrace)
warned Dionysus of Lycurgus plotting against him, and was granted in reward with the knowledge of secret rites; the kingdom of Thrace was also handed over...
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sold as a slave to Lycurgus, the priest of Zeus at Nemea. Hypsipyle has come to be the nursemaid of Opheltes, the infant son of Lycurgus, and his wife Eurydice...
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maidens at Athens. Theope, one of the Maenads who tried to kill King Lycurgus of Thrace. Apollodorus, 3.15.8, f.n. 3 as noted by Heyne; 12.28; Aelian, Varia...
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dramatised by Chaucer in his "Knight's Tale" as the mythical hounds of Lycurgus, King of Thrace, and the Alano in Spain and Italy and were termed the original...
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Polyxo, a Maenad in the retinue of Dionysus who attempted to kill Lycurgus of Thrace. Polyxo (or Polyzo), a sister of Meleager. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface...
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Laodamas (Λαοδάμας) Laodice (Λαοδίκη) Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) Leto (Λητώ) Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) Medea (Μήδεια) Melpomene (Μελπομένη) Menander (Μένανδρος) Menelaus...
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