Lycastus

A son of Minos and Itone, was king of Crete and husband of Ide, the daughter of Corybas.1 The town of Lycastus in Crete derived its name from him or an autochthon of the same name.2

A story about another Lycastus, likewise a Cretan, is related by Parthenius.3

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References

Notes

  1. Diodorus Siculus. Historical Library iv, 60.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
  3. Of the Sorrows of Love, 35.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.