According to Ovid, Lycaon mistrusted and derided the signs of Zeus's divine nature which the god openly demonstrated upon arrival to Arcadia. Determined to find out whether the guest was truly a …

Lycaon, in Greek mythology, a legendary king of Arcadia. Traditionally, he was an impious and cruel king who tried to trick Zeus, the king of the gods, into eating human flesh.

In Greek mythology Lycaon was an early king of Arcadia who lived in the time before the Great Deluge. He sought to test the divinity of Zeus by serving the god a slaughtered child--either his son Nyctimus, …

Lycaon was once a human king of Arcadia, the son of Pelasgus and Meliboea. He tested Zeus, who was a guest, by serving him human meat, including meat from one of his own sons. He also ordered …

Aug 8, 1999 · Lycaon, a legendary king of Arcadia, is known for his founding of Lycaeum and his complex ancestry linked to figures like Pelasgus and Meliboia. Notorious for his impiety, Lycaon's …

Dec 7, 2025 · Lycaon was a king of Arcadia mentioned in Greek mythology. He is believed to have lived in the period before the Great Deluge, and therefore was a contemporary of two other legendary …

Lycaon was a king of Arcadia in Greek mythology, but one punished by Zeus for his impiety. Today, Lycaon is often cited as being the first werewolf. Lycaon was the son of Pelasgus, one of the first …

In Greek mythology, Lycaon was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see...

Mythical Attributes: King of Arcadia, transformed into a wolf by Zeus as punishment for cannibalism and impiety. Role in Mythos: Lycaon serves as both a warning against hubris and sacrilege and as a …

Lycaon was a king of Arcadia in Greek mythology, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea. A version of the myth in which Lycaon appears says that he had fifty sons with various wives. All of them were quite …