Lycormas(58 words)
[German version]
(Λυκόρμας; Lykórmas). Earlier name of the river Evenus [3] in Aetolia (Str. 7,7,8; 10,2,5). The L. plays a part in the story of the rape of Marpessa [1], the daughter of Evenus by Alcippe (Hom. Il. 9,555ff.; Ov. Met. 2,245; Bacchyl. 15,34).
Sonnabend, Holger (Stuttgart)
Bibliography
B. Snell, Bakchylides' Marpessa-Gedicht, in: Hermes 80, 1952, 156-163.
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Sonnabend, Holger (Stuttgart),
“Lycormas”, 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 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e713800>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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