Lycomedes

In Greek mythology, Lycomedes (also known as Lycurgus) was the King of Skyros during the Trojan War. Achilles hid himself in Lycomedes' court to escape the war and father Neoptolemus with Lycomedes' daughter, Deidamea. He later killed Theseus by pushing him off a cliff.

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Greek mythology: Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, some...

Lycurgus: In Ancient Greece and/or Greek mythology, the name Lycurgus/Lykurgus can refer to:...

Trojan War: The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. The war figures centrally in Greek mythology and was narrated in a cycle of epic poems of which onl...