Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Lycomedes

    historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages

    Lycomedes of Mantinea

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Lycomedes of Mantinea1 mention

    Hellenica (Greek)

    Now, however, there appeared a certain Lycomedes of Mantinea, a man inferior to none in birth, foremost in wealth, and ambitious besides, and filled the Arcadians with self-confidence, saying that it was to them alone that Peloponnesus was a fatherland, since they were the only autochthonous stock that dwelt therein, and that the Arcadian people was the most numerous of all the Greek peoples and h …
    book 7

    in the texts

    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    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.
    book 7
    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.
    book 7
    Now, however, there appeared a certain Lycomedes of Mantinea, a man inferior to none in birth, foremost in wealth, and ambitious besides, and filled the Arcadians with self-confidence, saying that it was to them alone that Peloponnesus was a fatherland, since they were the only autochthonous stock that dwelt therein, and that the Arcadian people was the most numerous of all the Greek peoples and h …
    book 7

    Constitution of the AtheniansClassical · Greek

    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 .
    ch. 1

    ChrestomathyLate Antiquity · Greek

    Father of Deidameia, king of Scyros.

    and Achilles, putting in at Scyros, marries Deidameia, the daughter of Lycomedes.
    chrestomathy