Lycurgus

A son of Pronax and brother of Amphithea, the wife of Adrastus. He took part in the war of the Seven against Thebes, and engaged in a contest with Amphiaraus, which was represented on the throne of Apollo at Amyclae.1 He is also mentioned among those whom Asclepius called to life again after their death.2

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 18.7; Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 9.3.
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 10.3; Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian Odes iii, 96; on Euripides' Alcestis, 1.

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.