Lycæus (li-sē´us).—A lofty mountain in Arcadia, where Jupiter and Pan were worshiped.
Lycaon (li-kā´ōn).—King of Arcadia, who impiously placed a dish of human flesh before Jupiter when the god visited him. He and all his sons were metamorphosed into wolves.
Lyceum (li-sē´um).—A gymnasium at Athens, outside of the city; celebrated as the place where Aristotle and the Peripatetics taught. It derived its name from the temple of Apollo Lyceus (li-sē´us) in the neighborhood.
Lycomedes (li-ko-mē´dēz).—King of Scyros, to whose court Achilles was sent, disguised as a maiden, by his mother Thetis, in order to prevent him going to the Trojan war.
Lycurgus (li-sur´gus).—Son of Dryas, and king of the Edones in Thrace. He prohibited the worship of Bacchus, and was hence driven mad by the gods, and subsequently killed.
Lynceus (lin´sūs).—One of the Argonauts, famous for the keenness of his sight.
Lyncus (lin´sus).—A Scythian king, who was changed by Ceres into a lynx.
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Machaon (ma-kā´on).—Son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks before Troy.