Lycurgus (of Nemea)
In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykoûrgos, Ancient Greek: /lykôrɡos/), also Lykurgos or Lykourgos, was a king of Nemea, son of Pheres and Periclymene (or Clymene) and thus, brother of Admetus, Eidomene, Periopis and Antigona.[1] He was the husband of Eurydice of Nemea (or Amphithea) and father of Opheltes.[2]
When the army of the Seven Against Thebes reached Nemea on its way to Thebes, his little son Opheltes was devoured by a serpent, through the negligence of Hypsipyle. Lycurgus' tomb was in the grove of the Nemean Zeus.[3] He was also called Lycus in some accounts.[4]
Notes
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.14
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.15.3
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 74 & 273
References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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