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	Thebes, Greek Mythology Link.
		At the time when Nycteus 2 was regent in Thebes, the Thessalian Epopeus 1 emigrated to Sicyon and became king of the city.
		Nycteus 2 returned to Thebes as a dying man, but before passing away he appointed as his successor his own brother Lycus 5, for Labdacus 1 was still a child.
		To Nycteus 2 was entrusted the care of Labdacus 1, still a child, along with the government of Thebes at the death of Polydorus 2.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Thebes.html (2340 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1216 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		§ 5), for according to it, ^Nycteus and Lycus were the sons of Chthonius, and were obliged to quit their country on account of the murder of Phlegyas.
		Nycteus made away with himself in despair, because his daughter, who was with child by Zeus, fled to Epopeus at Sicyon ; but before he died, he commissioned Lycus to take vengeance on Epopeus.
		Pur sued and dishonoured by her amorous father, she concealed herself in the shade of forests, where she was metamorphosed by Athena into an owl.
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	Nycteus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A mythical Greek King of Thebes, Nycteus, son of Hyrieus, was married to Antiope.
		Zeus impregnated her and she fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon and abandoned her children, Amphion and Zethus.
		They were exposed on Mount Cithaeron, but were found and brought up by a shepherd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nycteus (190 words)

	Amphion 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		Yet Nycteus 2 was an outsider; for he and his brother Lycus 5 had fled from Euboea because of the murder of Phlegyas 1, a Boeotian king.
		Epopeus 1 neglected his wound and died, and Nycteus 2, who returned to Thebes as a dying man, appointed as his successor, before passing away, his own brother Lycus 5; for Labdacus 1, son of Polydorus 2, was still a child.
		Sometimes it is said that she was married to Lycus 5 and that Epopeus 1 abducted her; at other times, she is said to have left Thebes when her father threatened her because of her pregnancy.
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	Nycteus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A (Click link for more info and facts about mythical Greek) mythical Greek King of Thebes, Nycteus, son of (Click link for more info and facts about Hyrieus) Hyrieus, was married to (Click link for more info and facts about Antiope) Antiope.
		Nycteus, unable to retrieve his wife, sent his brother (Click link for more info and facts about Lycus) Lycus to take her.
		He did so and gave her as a slave to his own wife, (Click link for more info and facts about Dirce) Dirce.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Ny/Nycteus.htm (303 words)

	Antiope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The daughter of king Nycteus of Thebes, or, according to others, of the river-god Asopus.
		She was seduced by Zeus and fled of shame to Epopeus, king of Sicyon, who married her.
		Nycteus' attempts to get her back were unsuccessful, and upon his deathbed he charged his brother Lyncus to fulfil that task.
	home.swipnet.se /heathen/mythology/a/antiope2.html (115 words)

	The Slave
		Nycteus winked to his soldiers and two of them started to turn a wheel on the wall.
		Nycteus winked at the soldiers and Xena and Gabrielle left.
		She was still furious at Nycteus and she wanted to rip him apart with her bare hands, but somehow Gabrielle's presence calmed her down.
	www.geocities.com /kbrezovnik/slave.htm (2872 words)

	Epopeus
		He married with Antiope, the daughter of King Nycteus of Thebes.
		Nycteus' attempts to get his daughter back were unsuccessful and upon his deathbed he asked his brother Lycus to return.
		The city was destroyed and Epopeus was killed; Antiope was taken back to Thebes and put into the care of Dirce, Lycus' wife, who mistreated her severely.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/e/epopeus.html (89 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 151 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I- A son of Zeus and Antiope, the daughter of Nycteus of Thebes, and twin-brother of Zethus.
		Nycteus killed himself in despair, but charged his brother Lycus to avenge him on Epopeus and Antiope.
		Lycus accordingly marched againt Sicyon, took the town, slew Epopeus, and carried Antiope with him to Eleutherae in Boeotia.
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	Thebes
		From his wife Nycteis, daughter of Nycteus, the son of Chthonius, another surviving "sowed man", Polydorus had a son named Labdacus.
		Nycteus had an incredibly beautiful daughter, named Antiope, who was loved by Zeus under the guise of a Satyre (Antiope was sometimes said to be the daughter of the river-god Asopus).
		Having become pregnant, she fled to Sicyon for fear of her father, and seeked refuge at the court of Epopeus, the king of the place.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/thebes.htm (4073 words)

	lycus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He became the guardian of Labdacus and Laius.
		Brother of Nycteus in Greek mythology, Lycus was brother-in-law to Antiope whom Zeus impregnated.
		She fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon and abandoned her children, Amphion and Zethus.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /lycus.html (215 words)

	Classical Mythology on Demodocus.com The Theban Saga
		Nycteus, the father of Nycteis, may have served a short term as regent for Labdacus, who came to power as a young man. When Nycteus died for grief for his daughter, Antiope, Lycus took over the duties as regent.
		When Lycus learned that Antiope, the daughter of Nycteus, was seduced by Zeus and fled to Sicyon, where king Epopeus sheltered her, Lycus attacked Sicyon and retrieved the girl.
		Nycteus and Lycus may have been exiled for killing king Phlegyas of Orchomenus.
	www.demodocus.com /myth/sagas/thebes.html (3516 words)

	House of Thebes
		Labdacus was only a child when he became king, so Nycteus, son of the Sparti Chthonius and the king's grandfather, ruled Thebes as his regent.
		Nycteus, however, discovered that his other daughter Antiope was seduced and impregnated by Zeus.
		Nycteus died of either grief (or shame) or he was killed in the battle against Sicyon.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/thebes.html (4286 words)

	Nycteus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Nycteus, unable to retrieve his wife, sent his brother Lycus to take her.
		This page was last modified 03:14, 10 Oct 2004.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Nycteus contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Nycteus (201 words)

	A short chronicle
		Apis, Epaphus or Epopeus, the son of Phroroneus, and Nycteus King of Boeotia, slain.
		Aetolus the son of Endymion flies into the Country of the Curates in Achaia, and calls it Aetolia; and of Pronoe the daughter of Phorbas begets Pleuron and Calydon, who built cities in Aetola called by their own names.
		Antiopa the daughter of Nycteus is sent home to Lycus by Lamedon the successor of Apis, and in the way brings forth Amphion and Zethus.
	hbar.phys.msu.su /gorm/fomenko/inewton.htm (5850 words)

	Amphion and Zethus article - Amphion and Zethus Greek mythology Zeus Antiope Nycteus Thebes Asopus Epopeus Sicyon - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Amphion and Zethus article - Amphion and Zethus Greek mythology Zeus Antiope Nycteus Thebes Asopus Epopeus Sicyon - What-Means.com
		When children, they were exposed on Mount Cithaeron, but were found and brought up by a shepherd.
		Their mother had abandoned them when she fled in shame because of her pregnancy by a man other than her husband (who was either King Nycteus of Thebes or the river god Asopus).
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Zethus (256 words)

	robeofharmonia
		Antiope, married a man, Epopeus, whom Nycteus disliked.
		Nycteus died, probably in battle, but some say he killed himself.
		Lycus, the brother of Nycteus usurped the government in Thebes and reigned for 20 years.
	www.geocities.com /tamboura20/robeofharmonia.html (2671 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1215 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		NYCTEIS (NuKTT/fo), a feminine patronymic of Nycteus, and applied to his daughter Antiope, the wife of Polydorus and mother of Labdacus.
		§ 5 ; nycteus.) [L. (Nwcreifc), a son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope.
		259, andc.) Antiope was carried off by Epopeus, king of Aegialeia; and Nycteus, who, as the guardian of Labdacus, was staying at Thebes, took revenge by invading with a Thebafc
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2323.html (838 words)

	Mythology Quiz 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Do not confuse this Antiope, daughter of Nycteus, with the Amazon Antiope whom Theseus abducted and took to Athens.
		According to other sources, Nycteus or Ceteus was her father.
		According to the OCD, some of Cylon's friends who had seized the Acropolis were slain while clinging to an altar, thus bringing about a curse or plague on the Athenians.
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/mythevi/edith9.html (362 words)

	Guthrie Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since Labdacus was only a child when he became king, Nycteus, Nycteis’ father, ruled Thebes as his regent.
		During his reign, Nycteus discovered that Zeus impregnated his daughter Antiope, who married Epopeus, the king of Sicyon.
		When Nycteus died, his brother Lycus became regent to Labdacus.
	www.guthrietheater.org /act_III/studyguide/section_element.cfm?id_studyguide=39204733&id_study_category=5 (5488 words)

	Diotima
		When Antiope became pregnant by Zeus, she fled Thebes, but Nycteus killed himself from shame.
		Nycteus, in a fit of depression, commanded Lycus to punish Epopeus and Antiope and then killed himself.
		Though typically he is said to have blinded himself and gone into exile, Hyginus relates that he killed himself.
	www.stoa.org /diotima/essays/garrison_catalogue2.shtml (4708 words)

	Nycteus Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	In Greek mythology Greek mythology Lycus or Lykos referred to several...
		Brother of Nycteus Nycteus in Greek mythology, Lycus was brother-in-law to Antiope Antiope whom Zeus Zeus impregnated.
		She fled in shame to King Epopeus Epopeus of Sicyon Sicyon and abandoned her children, Amphion and Zethus Amphion and Zethus.
		He did so and gave her as a slave to his own wife, Dirce Dirce.
	www.biodatabase.de /Lycus (248 words)

	MANN: Greek and Roman sculpture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiope, the daughter of Nycteus, King of Boeotia, after being loved by Zeus who approaches her in the form of a satyr, gives birth to twins, Amphion and Zethus, whom she abandons on Mount Cithaeron, where they are rescued by a shepherd.
		Antiope is persecuted and punished for her illegitimate love first by her father Nycteus and then, after the latter's death, by her paternal uncle Lycos and his wife Dirce, of whom she becomes the slave.
		She succeeds in escaping to Mount Cithaeron (the setting of the scene of the punishment) where, having miraculously found her two sons, she implores their protection.
	www.archeona.arti.beniculturali.it /sanc_en/mann/it1/01_05.html (437 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Son of Zeus and Antiope and twin brother of Zethus, was born on Mt. Cithaeron and left there to be brought up by shepherds.
		Antiope had fled the anger of her father Nycteus, who when dying pledged his brother Lycus to find and punish her.
		Lycus therefore took her in chains to his home, where she was treated as a slave by his wife Dirce.
	www.accd.edu /sac/english/bailey/atreus/abAmphio.htm (191 words)

	Ocalea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Greek mythology, Ocalea was the wife of Abas and mother of Proetus and Nycteus.
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	Pausanias Corinth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In his reign the first hostile army is said to have invaded the land, which before this had enjoyed unbroken peace.
		The Thebans came against him in arms, and in the battle Nycteus was wounded.
		Nycteus they carried back ill to Thebes, and when he was about to die he appointed to be regent of Thebes his brother Lycus for Labdacus, the son of Polydorus, the son of Cadmus, being still a child, was the ward of Nycteus, who on this occasion entrusted the office of guardian to Lycus.
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