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  The Sayricon of Petronius: Chapter Two
Lichas had cleverly arranged it in such a way that he sat beside me during the journey, while Tryphaena was next to Giton.
Lichas moreover made a point of drawing my attention to the circumstance, and assured me there was no doubt about it.
Lichas instantly began to complain bitterly of our running away to Lycurgus; but was met with such an angry brow and haughty air by the latter, that plucking up a spirit, I loudly cried shame on his lecherous attempts on my person both under Lycurgus's roof and his own.
www.sacred-texts.com /cla/petro/satyr/sat03.htm   (2672 words)

  
 Lichas
When he lay dying, Nessus told Deianira, Heracles' wife, to preserve some of his blood, since it would ensure Heracles' love for her forever.
When years later, Heracles brought home Iole from Oechalia and was rumored to marry her, Deianira soaked a garment in the blood and had Lichas deliver it to Heracles.
When Heracles put on the shirt its poison burned his flesh and he was unable to remove it.
www.pantheon.org /articles/l/lichas.html   (139 words)

  
 THE TRACHINIAE by Sophocles, Part 05
Nay, illustrious by name as by birth; she is the daughter of Eurytus, and was once called Iole; she of whose parentage Lichas could say nothing, because, forsooth, he asked no questions.
Go and inquire from Lichas; perchance he will tell the truth, if thou constrain him to answer.
Well, I will go; thy counsel is not amiss.
www.greekmythology.com /Books/Classic/sophocles/trachiniae_05.html   (500 words)

  
 ARC ARTicles - Biography of Antonio Canova - the Editors of the 1911 Encyclopedia - Page 1/1
Palamedes, Creugas and Damoxenus, the Combat of Theseus and the Centaur, and Hercules and Lichas may close the class of heroic compositions, although the catalogue might be swelled by the enumeration of various others, such as Hector and Ajax, and the statues of Washington, King Ferdinand of Naples, and others.
The group of Hercules and Lichas is considered as the most terrible conception of Canova's mind, and in its peculiar style as scarcely to be excelled.
Under the head of compositions of grace and elegance, the statue of Hebe takes the first place in point of date.
www.artrenewal.org /articles/2003/Antonio_Canova/bio1.asp   (3118 words)

  
 Deianeira
[Lichas and the captive women start toward the palace.
When Lichas tells his tale, he leaves out Love.
Lichas, while you were speaking with the maidens
www.unca.edu /~drohner/awomlinks/2ndlinksophdeianeira.htm   (2362 words)

  
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Greek: In Greek mythology, Lichas was Heracles' servant.
He brought the poisoned shirt from Deianira to Heracles, killing him.
www.babyzone.com /babynames/babynamedisplay.asp?ID=9636   (246 words)

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