Lycastus, twin brother of
Parrhasius, whose parents were
Ares and
Phylonome, daughter of
Nyctimus and
Arcadia. Their mother was seduced by Ares in the guise of a shepherd; in fear of her father's wrath, she cast the newborn twins into the river
Erymanthus. They did not drown and were washed into the hollow of an oak tree, where a she-wolf found and suckled them, giving up her own cubs. The twins were then adopted and raised by a shepherd named
Gyliphus, and eventually succeeded to the throne of
Arcadia. Their story is closely parallel, and is cited as such by
Pseudo-Plutarch, to that of
Romulus and Remus.[2]
Lycastus, lover of
Eulimene, who unsuccessfully attempted to save his loved one from being sacrificed.[3]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Lycastus, twin brother of
Parrhasius, whose parents were
Ares and
Phylonome, daughter of
Nyctimus and
Arcadia. Their mother was seduced by Ares in the guise of a shepherd; in fear of her father's wrath, she cast the newborn twins into the river
Erymanthus. They did not drown and were washed into the hollow of an oak tree, where a she-wolf found and suckled them, giving up her own cubs. The twins were then adopted and raised by a shepherd named
Gyliphus, and eventually succeeded to the throne of
Arcadia. Their story is closely parallel, and is cited as such by
Pseudo-Plutarch, to that of
Romulus and Remus.[2]
Lycastus, lover of
Eulimene, who unsuccessfully attempted to save his loved one from being sacrificed.[3]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.