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Lycomedes
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(Λυκομήδης; Lykomḗdēs).

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[1] King of the Dolopes on Scyros

King of the Dolopes on Scyros, father of Deidamia [1]. Because Achilles is predestined to die in Troy, his mother Thetis disguises him as a girl at the court of L. where Achilles fathers a son Neoptolemus by Deidamia (Apollod. 3,174; schol. Hom. Il. 9,668). Later Odysseus and Phoenix persuade L. on behalf of the Greeks to allow Neoptolemus to co…

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Stenger, Jan (Kiel), Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne) and Schmitz, Winfried (Bielefeld), “Lycomedes”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e713560>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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