Lycaste (mythology)
Name list
In
Greek mythology
, the name
Lycaste
(
Ancient Greek
: Λυκάστη) may refer to:
Lycaste, a
Maenad
in the retinue of
Dionysus
.
[
1
]
Lycaste, a follower of
Artemis
.
[
2
]
Lycaste of
Lemnos
, who slew her twin brother Cydimus the night all men on Lemnos were massacred by their women, and was glimpsed by
Hypsipyle
standing over his dead body overcome with remorse.
[
3
]
Lycaste, mother of
Eryx
by
Butes
.
[
citation needed
]
^
Nonnus
, 14.225, 29.263 & 275
^
Claudian
,
De consulatu Stilichoni
3.252, 276 & 292
^
Statius
,
Thebaid
5.226 ff.