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	Lycomedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Lycomedes (also known as Lycurgus) was the King of Skyros during the Trojan War.
		Achilles hid himself in Lycomedes' court to escape the war and father Neoptolemus with Lycomedes' daughter, Deidamea.
		Plutarch says that Lycomedes also killed Theseus by pushing him off a cliff.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lycomedes (100 words)

	Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments
		And the apostle went to the couch whereon Lycomedes lay, and taking Cleopatra’s hand he said: Cleopatra, because of the multitude that is present, and thy kinsfolk that have come in, with strong crying, say thou to thine husband: Arise and glorify the name of God, for he giveth back the dead to the dead.
		And Lycomedes pointed out John to the painter, and brought him near him, and shut him up in a room from which the apostle of Christ could be seen.
		And Lycomedes was with the blessed man, feasting on the faith and the knowledge of our God, and rejoiced yet more in the thought that he should possess him in a portrait.
	members.tripod.com /EsotericTexts/Gnostic.ActsofJohn.htm (13856 words)

	Geographia: Islands
		Scyrus was famous because its king, Lycomedes was host the aging hero, Theseus.
		It is possible that Lycomedes and Menestheus, the usurper of Athens, had plotted Theseus' murder.
		Thetis, the sea goddess, hid her son Achilles among the maidens in Lycomedes' court.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/islands.html (3721 words)

	Lycomedes Definition / Lycomedes Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, sometimes modern ones, sometimes ancient ones, as myth was a means for later Greeks themselves to throw light on cult practices and traditions that were no longer explicable.
		[click for more] hid himself in Lycomedes' court to escape the war and father NeoptolemusIn Greek mythology, Neoptolemus, additionally Neoptólemos or Pyrrhus, was the son of Achilles.
		Lycomedes is the ship that brings you to Skyros Island.
	www.elresearch.com /Lycomedes (344 words)

	Schiro
		She disguised him as a girl, and entrusted him to Lycomedes, king of Scyros, in whose palace he lived under the name of Cercysera, Aissa, or Pyrrha; and had an intrigue with Lycomedes's daughter Deidameia by whom he became the father of Pyrrhus, later called Neoptolemus.
		Then Odysseus ordered a sudden trumpet-blast and clash of arms to sound outside the palace and, sure enough, one of the girls stripped herself to the waist and seized the shield and spear which he had included among the gifts.
		A long walk through winding streets leads to the acropolis, where once Lycomedes had his palace and upon which the Byzantines and the Venetians built a fortress.
	www.members.tripod.com /romeartlover/Schiro.html (734 words)

	The Life of Achilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Achilles was nine years old, Calchas declared that Troy could not be taken without him, but Thetis - who knew in advance that he was fated to be killed if he joined the expedition - disguised him in woman's clothing and entrusted him to Lycomedes in the semblance of a young girl.
		While he was growing up at his court, Achilles had intercourse with Deidamia, the daughter of Lycomedes, and a son, Pyrrhos, was born to him, who was later called Neoptolemus.
		Achilles' whereabouts were betrayed, however, and Odysseus, searching for him at the court of Lycomedes, discovered him by causing a trumpet to be sounded.
	www.philipresheph.com /demodokos/achilles/achil8.htm (145 words)

	story3
		Now Lycomedes had a beautiful daughter who Achilles immediately had eyes for.
		Thetis describes Achilles as "a very awkward looking girl" and said that it was very funny to watch him around Lycomedes' daughter.
		Thetis' lie about her son went on for a while, but, like most disguises, it was eventually discovered.
	students.ou.edu /D/Elizabeth.A.Darter-1/story3.html (576 words)

	Deidameia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Deidameia was the daughter of Lycomedes, king of the Dolopians.
		Achilles' mother, Thetis, sought to hide Achilles because she knew that if he fought in the Trojan War, he would be killed.
		Odysseus found out where Achilles was hiding and devised a plan to discover which of the daughters of Lycomedes was, in fact, a man.
	www.stanford.edu /~plomio/Deidameia.html (312 words)

	The Choice Of Akeelée, Greek Mythology Link (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To save him from the coming war, she disguises him as a girl, and hides him in King Lycomedes 1's court where
		Deidamia 1, daughter of Lycomedes 1, and wife of
		while he lived, disguised as a girl, in the court of Lycomedes 1.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/004Song/ChoiceAkeelee.html (81 words)

	Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes by LAIRESSE, Gérard de
		There are three known versions of the theme by Lairesse: in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, and in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig.
		Knowing her son was destined to die if he went to fight in the Trojan war, Thethis, a sea nymph, disguised Achilles as a woman and entrusted him to King Lycomedes, in whose palace on the isle of Scyros he lived among the king's daughters.
		Lairesse, like all other artists who rendered the subject, chose the scene Achilles examining the weapons.
	www.wga.hu /html/l/lairesse/lycomed2.html (170 words)

	Lycomedes - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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	Baby Name Descriptions and Meanings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Greek: A king in the island of Scyros, to whose court Achilles, disguised as a maiden, was sent by his mother who was anxious to prevent her son from going to the Trojan War.
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