Lycomedes
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Lycomedes of Mantinea
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Hellenica (Greek)
Upon hearing these words the Arcadians were puffed up, and loved Lycomedes beyond measure, and thought that he alone was a man;
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Hellenica
Arcadian statesman who engineered the alliance between the Arcadians and the Athenians and died shortly afterward under circumstances described as divinely arranged.
While Lycomedes was engaged in these negotiations, upon his departure from Athens he met his death by what was quite manifestly a divine interposition.
And now Lycomedes, upon learning that the Athenians were finding fault with their allies because, while they were themselves suffering many troubles on their account, none gave them any assistance in return, persuaded the Ten Thousand to negotiate for an alliance with the Athenians.
Upon hearing these words the Arcadians were puffed up, and loved Lycomedes beyond measure, and thought that he alone was a man;
Constitution of the Athenians
King of Scyros who, fearing Theseus, had him killed by casting him from the rocks.
Aristotle records that Theseus, having gone to Scyros on a reconnaissance—reasonably, because of his kinship with Aegeus—died, thrust down from the rocks, Lycomedes who was reigning there having taken fright .
Chrestomathy
Father of Deidameia, king of Scyros.
and Achilles, putting in at Scyros, marries Deidameia, the daughter of Lycomedes.