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transferred by his father to the islands of the some of whom ascribe to him also works upon
blessed. (Apollod. iii. 10. ~ 1.) Thebes and upon Nestor, which seem clearly to
3. A son of Hyrieus, and husband of Dirce, have been of a mythological character. (Suid. s. v.;
one of the mythical kings of Thebes. (Apollod. Steph. Byz. s. v.'AtooTvosV, Kidapos; Schol. ad
iii. 5. ~ 5; Hygin. Fab. 8.) Aristoph. Pac. 924; Antig. Caryst. 46, 148, 154,
4. A tyrant of Thebes, is likewise called by 170, 188; Tzetzes, Vit. Lycophr.; Schol. ad Lysome a son of Poseidon, though Euripides (Here. coph. 615, 1206; Schol. ad Hesiod. Theog. 326;
Fur. 31) calls him a son of Lycus (No. 2), but Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 111, ed. Westermann;
makes him come to Thebes from Euboea. In the Clinton, Fast. Hell. vol. iii. p. 48.4.) [P. S.]
absence of Heracles, L cus hadattempted to destroy LYCUS (AiKos), the name of two physicians
Megara and her children by Heracles, and killed who have generally been confounded together.
Creon, king of Thebes, but on the return of Hera- 1. A native of Napl s, who is quoted by Erocles he was killed by him. (Hygin. Fab. 32; tianus (Gloss. Hippocr. pp. 66, 214), and who must
Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 38. ) therefore have lived in or before the former half of
5. One of the Telchines, who is said to have the first century after Christ. He appears to have'gone to Lycia, and there to have built the temple commented on the whole or part of the Hippocratic
of the Lycian Apollo on the river Xanthus. (Diod. Collection, as the second book of his commentary
v. 56.) on the treatise " De Locis in Homine," is quoted
6. A son of Pandion, and brothe of Aegeus, by Erotianus, but none of his writings are still exNisus, and Pallas. He was expelled. y Aegeus, tant. He is also quoted by Pliny (xx. 83).
and took refuge in the country of the Termili, 2. A native of M cedonia, who was a pupil of
with Sarpedon. That country was afterwards Quintus, in the former half of the second century
called, after him, Lycia (Herod. i. 173, vii. 92). after Christ (Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. "De
He was honoured at Athens as a hero, and the Nat. Hornm." ii. 6, vol. xv. p. 136; De Mlfuscul.
Lyceum derived its name from him. (Paus. i. 19. Dissect. vol. xviii. pt. ii. p. 1000; De Libr. Propr.
~ 4; Aristoph. Vesp. 408.) He is said to have c. 2, vol. xix. p. 22), and who may perhaps be the
raised the mysteries of the great goddesses to person said by Galen (De Meth. Med. ii. 7, vol. x.
greater celebrity, and to have introduced them from p. 143; Comment. in Hippocr. "De Humor." i. 7.
Attica to Andania in Messenia (Paus. iv. 1. ~ 4, vol. xvi. p. 82) to have belonged to the sect of the
&c.). He is sometimes also described as an ancient Empirici. Galen speaks of him as a contemporary,
prophet (Paus. iv. 20. ~ 2. x. 12, in fin.), and the but says he was never personally acquainted with
family of the Lycomedae, at Athens, traced their him. (De Anat. Admin. iv. 10. vol. ii. p. 471.)
name and origin to him. This family was inti- He wrote some anatomical works, which are several
mately connected with the Attic mysteries, and times quoted and alluded to by Galen, who says
possessed chapels in the demus of Phylae and at they enjoyed some reputation, but had many errors
Andania. (Paus. i. 22. ~ 7, iv. 1, 4, &c.; Plut. in them. (De Natur. Facult. i. 17; De Anat.
Tkeumist. 1.) Admin. i. 3, iv. 6, 10, vol. ii. pp. 70, 227, 449,
7. A Thracian who was slain by Cycnus in 470; De Usu Part. v. 5, vol. iii. p. 366; Comment.
single combat. (Pauns. i. 27. ~ 7.) in Hijppocr. "Epid. VI." ii. 36, vol. xvii. pt. i. p.
8.. A king of Lycia, who is said to have intended 966; De Muscul. Dissect. vol. xviii. pt. ii. pp. 926,
to sacrifice to Ares, Diomedes, who on his return 933.) He also composed a commentary on some
from Troy was thrown upon the Lycian coast. of the treatises of the Hippocratic Collection, viz.,
But Diomedes was saved by the king's daughter the Aphorisms (Galen, Comment. in Hippocr.
Callirhoe. (Plut. Parall. Graec. et Rom. 23.) "Aphor." iii. praef. vol. xvii. pt. ii. p. 562), De
9. A son of Dascylus, and king of the Marian- Morbis Popularibus (id. Comment. in Hippocr.
dynians, was connected with Heracles and theArgo-'" Epid. III." i. 4, vol. xvii. pt. i. p. 502), and
nauts by ties of hospitality. (Apollod. i. 9. ~ 23, De Humoribus (id. Comment. in Hijppocr. " De
ii. 5. ~ 9; Apollan. Rhod. ii. 139.) Humor." i. 24, vol. xvi. p. 197), but is accused by
There are two other mythical personages of the Galen of misunderstanding and misrepresenting
name of Lycus. (Ov. Met. xii. 232; Tzetz. ad the sense of Hippocrates. (De Ord. Libr. suor. vol.
Lycoph. 132.) [L. S.] xix. pp. 57, 58.) Galen wrote a short treatise in
LYCUS (Avcos). 1. Of Pharae, in' Achaia, defence of one of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates (i.
lieutenant-general of the Achaeans, for Aratus, in 14, vol. iii. p. 710), directed against Lycus, which
B. C. 217, defeated EURIPIDAS, the Aetolian, who is still extant (vol. xviii. pt.i. p. 196, &c.), and in
was acting as general of the Eleans. In the same which he seems to treat his adversary with unyear, Euripidas having marched with his Aetolians justifiable harshness and severity. (See Littre,
against Tritaea in Achaia, Lycus invaded Elis, and Oeuvres d'His)pocr. vol. i. pp. 96, 106, 107.) He
by a well-planned ambuscade slew 200 Eleans, is quoted also by Paulus Aegineta (v. 3, 12, pp.
and carried off 80 prisoners and much spoil. (Polyb. 536, 540), Oribasius (Synops. iii. p. 57, Coll. Med.
v. 94, 95.) ix. 25, p. 378), and in Dietz's Seholia in Hippocr.
2. A commander of the Rhodians, who, when et Galen. vol. ii. pp. 344, 356. [W. A. G.]
the Caunians had revolted from Rhodes, in B. c. LYDIADES (Avsladb7s. There is, however,
167, reduced them again to submission. (Polyb. considerable doubt whether this or Avoid 8s-s the
xxx. 5; Liv. xlv. 25.) [E. E.] more correct form of the name. (See Schweigh. ad
LYCUS (Av'os), of Rhegium, surnamed Boo- Polyb. ii. 44). 1. A citizen of Megalopolis, who,
84pas, the father, real or adoptive, of the poet though of an obscure family, raised himself while
Lycophron, was an historical writer in the time of yet a young man to the sovereignty of his native
Demetrius Phalereus, who, for some unknown city. We know nothing of the steps by which he
reason, aimed at his life. He wrote a history of rose to power, but he is represented to us as a man
Libya, and of Sicily, and a work on Alexander the of an ambitious but generous character, who was
Great. Ite is quoted by several ancient writers, misled by false rhetorical arguments to believe a