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Lycaon

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A king of Arcadia; changed into a wolf for offering human flesh to Zeus, who came, disguised as mortal, to his palace on the same errand as the angels who visited Lot in Sodom. According to another tradition he was consumed, along with his sons, by fire from heaven.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lycaon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/lycaon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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