
	Where results make sense

Topic: Licymnius

Related Topics

Electryon

Heracles

Perseus

Ajtzak

Tibetan

Mostyn

Tanjore

Earthlink

Hadramawt

Mary Astor

Peter Ham

Vingilot

Robin Hood

Nimbin

Short message service

In the News (Tue 10 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Delphi, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		King Pelias 1 of Iolcus was told by the Oracle to beware of a man wearing one sandal.
		Tlepolemus 1, son of Heracles 1 and Astyoche 2, was beating a servant when Licymnius, bastard son of Electryon 1, son of Perseus 1 ran in between.
		Licymnius died and Tlepolemus 1 consulted the oracle, which told him to leave Argos and settle in Rhodes.
	forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/Delphi.html (3742 words)

	Licymnius Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Licymnius, bastard son of Midea, a Phrygian woman, by Electryon; Electryon married Anaxo; Alcmena, daughter, and Stratobates, Gorgophonus, Phylonomus, Celaeneus, Amphimachus, Lysinomus, Chirimachus, Anactor, and Archelaus, sons, of Electryon by Anaxo;
		Licymnius, son of Electryon; Amphitryon gave his sister Perimede to Licymnius;
		Licymnius, killed by Tlepolemus, his own great nephew;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i581Sources.htm (50 words)

	bttey10
		I did attempt to persuade him that a battle was no place for children but he brushed my objections aside and declared that it would be a good experience for them.
		Licymnius, however was adamant in his instance that he stay with his father.
		The King to his credit forcefully pushed young Licymnius to the floor of the chariot but in so doing exposed his lightly armored side beneath his left arm.
	www.logcc.com /bluetopaz/bttey9.htm (1956 words)

	Tiryns, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Instead these Cyclopes are said to be seven Lycian workers who walled the city during the reign of Proetus 1.
		The acropolis of Tiryns was later called Licymna after Licymnius, the bastard son of Electryon 1, son of Perseus 1, the founder of Mycenae.
		Licymnius was accidentally killed by Heracles 1's son Tlepolemus 1, who was beating a servant when Licymnius ran in between.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Tiryns.html (1037 words)

	Amphitryon
		While Electryon, the brother of Alcaeus, was reigning at Mycenae, the sons of Pterelaus together with the Taphians invaded his territory, demanded the surrender of the kingdom, and drove away his oxen.
		The sons of Electryon entered upon a contest with the sons of Pterelaus, but the combatants on both sides all fell, so that Electryon had only one son, Licymnius, left, and Pterelaus likewise only one, Eueres.
		Amphitryon now restored to Electryon the oxen he had brought back to Mycenae; one of them turned wild, and as Amphitryon attempted to strike it with his club, he accidentally hit the head of Electryon and killed him on the spot.
	bulfinch.englishatheist.org /b/pantheon/Amphitryon.html (513 words)

	Schulers Books (Iliad - 6/73)
		These were commanded by Tlepolemus, son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors.
		When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father's uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old.
		On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Hercules.
	www.schulers.com /books/poetry/Iliad/Iliad6.htm (1412 words)

	Alcmene
		Apollodorus mentions ten brothers of Alcmene, who, with the exception of one, Licymnius, fell in a contest with the sons of Pterelaus, who had carried off the cattle of Electryon.
		Electryon, on setting out to avenge the death of his sons, left his kingdom and his daughter Alcmene to Amphitryon who unintentionally killed Electryon.
		Alcmene declared that she would marry him who should avenge the death of her brothers.
	bulfinch.englishatheist.org /b/pantheon/Alcmene.html (544 words)

	Creon 2, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		It was then that Creon 2, sitting on the vacant throne, became ruler in Thebes.
		During his regency, Amphitryon arrived with his fiancée Alcmena and her half-brother Licymnius from Mycenae, seeking exile and purification for the death of his prospective father-in-law Electryon 1, whom he accidentally had killed.
		It was then that Amphitryon gave his sister Perimede 2 as wife to Licymnius.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Creon2.html (4582 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (N-Z)
		In Greek mythology, Oeonus was a son of Licymnius.
		He became king of Argos, but after killing his uncle Licymnius, he had to flee the country.
		In obedience to an oracle, he settled in Rhodes, and there founded the cities of Lindos, Isalysos and Cameirus.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D1B.HTM (3810 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Heracles
		This is particularly evident in an analysis of the eleventh labor, in which Hercules travels to a garden in which grows an apple tree with magical fruit, guarded by a snake - a clear parallel to the legend of Genesis and the tree of knowledge, with its "forbidden fruit."
		In his labors, Heracles was often accompanied by his friend, according to some, Licymnius, or by Iolaus, his nephew and eromenos, according to others.
		As penalty for a murder, Heracles was her slave.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Heracles (1422 words)

	Ares Homework Page
		Licymnius: Sometimes listed as a son of Ares, Lycimnius is called the bastard son of King Electryon of Mycenae.
		The only one of the brothers who did not die at the hands of the sons of Pterelaus.
		He was killed by Tlepolemus, who was beating a servant when Licymnius ran in between.
	www.thanasis.com /ares.htm (3655 words)

	Heracles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alcmene and her half-brother Licymnius fled with Amphitryon to Thebes.
		Creon purified Amphitryon for the killing the king and gave his daughter Perimede in marriage to Licymnius.
		According to Pausanias, Amphitryon and Alcmene lived near the Electran Gate, one of the seven gates of Thebes.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heracles.html (8611 words)

	Hypnos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Endymion, sentenced by Zeus to eternal sleep, received the power to sleep with his eyes open from Hypnos in order to constantly watch his beloved Selene.
		But according to the poet Licymnius of Chios, it was Hypnos himself who fell in love with the young shepherd Endymion, and allowed him to sleep with his eyes open, the better for the god to enjoy the beauty of his beloved boy.
		In art, Hypnos was portrayed as a naked youthful man, sometimes with a beard, and wings attached to his head.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hypnos (308 words)

	Note On Ulysses
		These were led by Tlepolemus, famed for his spear, he that was born to mighty Heracles by Astyocheia, whom he had led forth out of Ephyre from the river SelleÔs, when he had laid waste many cities of warriors fostered of Zeus.
		But when Tlepolemus had grown to manhood in the well-fenced palace, forthwith he slew his own fatherís dear uncle, Licymnius, scion of Ares, who was then waxing old.
		So he straightway built him ships, and when he had gathered together much people, went forth in flight over the sea, for that the other sons and grandsons of mighty Heracles threatened him.
	www.odyssey.com.mx /Introduction/Note.html (236 words)

	Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists XIII
		Again, Agamennon loved Argynnus, so the story goes, having seen him swimming in the Cephisus river; in which, in fact, he lost his life (for he constantly bathed in this river), and Agamemnon buried him and founded there a temple of Aphrodite Argynnis.
		Licymnius of Chios in his Dithyrambs says that Elymenaeus was the beloved of Argynnus.
		Aristocles the harp-singer was the beloved of King Antigonus, concerning whom Antigonus of Carystus, in his Life of Zeno, writes as follows " King Antigonus used to have revels at the house of Zeno.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/athenaeus13.html (1805 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Rhetoric by Aristotle
		Further, there is a third consideration-one that upsets the fallacious argument of the sophist Bryson, that there is no such thing as foul language, because in whatever words you put a given thing your meaning is the same.
		Yet poets whose plays are meant to be read are read and circulated: Chaeremon, for instance, who is as finished as a professional speech-writer; and Licymnius among the dithyrambic poets.
		But we ought only to bring in a new name if it indicates a real species with distinct specific qualities; otherwise the practice is pointless and silly, like the way Licymnius invented names in his Art of Rhetoric-'Secundation', 'Divagation', 'Ramification'.
	classics.mit.edu /Aristotle/rhetoric.3.iii.html (11090 words)

	Tlepolemus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hesiod sais: And He [Tlepolemus] lived in the house of his mother [Melite] and in Arcadia near the river [Alpheous].
		In his youth and it was said that like Heracles' situation with Linus in his youth his uncle Lycimnius, Tlepolemus accidentally killed his father's maternal uncle, Licymnius, one of the Heracleidae.
		The Heraclids threatened Tlepolemus with the threat of death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tlepolemus (543 words)

	Genealogy: House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)
		These nine sons died from the Taphian raid.
		Only Electryon's illegitimate son, Licymnius, had survived, because he was too young to take part in battle.
		I have included an extra family tree below, to supplement the above family tree.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/family3c.html (233 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 785 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On this page: Licinus – Licymnia – Licymnius
		Reliquiae, p, 462, andc.) to be the same as Terentia, the wife ojf Maecenas ; but it seems impossible that Horace could have used such amatory language as he employs in this ode in reference to the wife of Maecenas.
		LICYMNIUS (Awct^wos), a son of Electryou and the Phrygian slave Mideia, and consequently a half-brother of Alcmene.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1893.html (922 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Subjects of the Visual Arts: Endymion
		He slept in a cave on Mount Latmus where Selene continued to visit him.
		The Greek poet, Licymnius of Chios, however, suggests that it was the god Hypnos (Sleep) who loved Endymion and lulled him to sleep with his eyes open so that the god might forever gaze into them.
		Endymion was represented in ancient art as recumbent, usually nude or semi-nude, asleep, with one arm crooked behind his head.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/subjects_endymion.html (584 words)

	Alcmena (Hercules' mother)
		Known Relatives: Electryon (father, deceased), Anaxo (mother), Media (step-mother), brothers (names unrevealed, deceased), Amphitryon (first husband/uncle/cousin, deceased), Hercules, Iphicles (sons), Licymnius (half-brother), Megaera, Deianeira, Hebe (daughters-in-law), Hyllus, Iolaus (grandsons), Rhadamanthys (second husband), Sthenelus, Alcaeus, Mestor, Heleius, Perses (uncles), Gorgophone (aunt), Eurystheus (nephew), Perseus (grandfather, deceased), Andromeda (grandmother, deceased), Acrisius, Danae, Cepheus, Cassiopeia (ancestors, deceased)
		Powers/Abilities: Alcmena possesses the normal human strength of a woman of her size, height and build who engages in extensive physical exercises.
		Amphitryon recovered the stolen cattle from his father-in-law's enemies, but Electryon was killed during the bloodshed.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/alcmena.htm (1303 words)

	CLAS4010:DR.Norman
		Now when Tlepolemus was grown in the strong-built mansion, at once he struck to death his own father's beloved uncle, Licymnius, scion of Ares, a man already aging.
		And he came to Rhodes a wanderer, having suffered troubles, and they settled there in triple divisions by tribes, beloved of Zeus.
		For he killed Licymnius, the bastard brother of Alcmene, striking him with a scepter of hard olive wood at Tiryns, as he [Licymnius] was leaving the rooms of Midea, he, the founder of this land here–having been driven to anger.
	www.classics.uga.edu /courses/clas4010/workshops/workshop_4.htm (2123 words)

	Book 2
		Scarcely a day after the boys had been born Dorus arrived from the South ready to take up his duties as guardian of the next generation of heirs to the throne of the twin cities of Tiryns and Mycenae.
		Not that Stenalus had a change of heart and was about to step aside for Alcmene’s children, any more that he was for his brother’s son, Licymnius.
		How Dorus knew almost exactly when the birth was expected, I’ll never know.
	www.logcc.com /bluetopaz/Btbk2-1.htm (1966 words)

	Birds by Aristophanes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Rouse not the wrath of the gods, for it is terrible indeed.
		Armed with the brand of Zeus, Justice would annihilate your race; the lightning would strike you as it did Licymnius and consume both your body and the porticos of your palace.
		Do you take me for a Lydian or a Phrygian and think to frighten me with your big words?
	www.4literature.net /Aristophanes/Birds/20.html (707 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book II: Corinth
		This one is of stone, while the bronze images opposite, also of Hecate, were made respectively by Polycleitus
		and his brother Naucydes, son of Mothon.[2.22.8] As you go along a straight road to a gymnasium, called Cylarabis after the son of Sthenelus, you come to the grave of Licymnius, the son of Electryon, who, Homer says, was killed by Tleptolemus, the son of Heracles for which homicide Tleptolemus was banished from Argos.
		In the gymnasium of Cylarabes is an Athena called Pania; they show also the graves of Sthenelus and of Cylarabes himself.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk2.html (20659 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)