Lycomedes (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Lycomedes (/ˌlaɪkəˈmiːdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης) may refer to several characters:

• Lycomedes, a king of Scyros and father of Deidamia, mother of Neoptolemus by Achilles.^[1]
• Lycomedes, a son of Creon, one of the Greek warriors at Troy;^[2] he was represented by Polygnotus in the Lesche at Delphi as wounded (supposedly by Agenor) in the wrist, in the arm and in the head.^[3]
• Lycomedes, son of Apollo and Parthenope, daughter of King Ancaeus of Samos.^[4]
• Lycomedes, a Cretan suitor of Helen.^[5]

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. [Homer]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Pausanias, 7.4.1
5. [Hesiod]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.