• Stories of both located Lyrcus near Argos; their individual lives intertwine with other historical and mythological figures. Lyrcus, son of Phoroneus.He...
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    mother of Basileus with Lyrcus after Lyrcus had made a journey to the oracle at Didyma. Staphylus is said to have enticed Lyrcus into too much drinking...
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  • In Greek mythology, Lyrcus (Ancient Greek: Λύρκος) was the illegitimate son of Abas, king of Argos. In Pausanias's Description of Greece, the city of Lyrceia...
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    a number of children including Apis, Car, Chthonia, Clymenus, Sparton, Lyrcus and Europs, an illegitimate son. An unnamed daughter of his is said to have...
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  • sister Hemithea when Staphylus arranged for the latter to spend a night with Lyrcus, his guest, whom both Hemithea and Rhoeo fell in love with. She became the...
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  • raped by (and later merged with) the nymph Salmacis. Hylas raped by naiads. Lyrcus, son of Phoroneus, raped by Hemithea, by means of alcohol. Odysseus; in...
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    who had been captured by brigands (not Zeus this time). One of these was Lyrcus, the son of Phoroneus, who covered a vast deal of land and sea without finding...
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  • Hemithea upon her deification. Parthenius makes Hemithea mother of Basileus by Lyrcus; in his version of the story, Hemithea apparently had this name since birth...
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  • great-grandson of Danaus. He was the twin brother of Proetus and the half brother of Lyrcus. Acrisius was father by Eurydice or Aganippe and thus grandfather of the...
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  • give conflicting accounts. According to one, it deals with the story of Lyrcus; according to the other, it deals with the story of Byblis. This might indicate...
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