#lycus

so like excluding the epigogi, the trojan war and his friends turning into birds CAPTURED By SON OF MARS "Diomedes, after the destruction of Troy, was cast by stress of weather upon the coast of Libya, where Lycus the son of Mars was king, whose custom it was to sacrifice all strangers to his father"

"But his daughter Callirrhoe, falling in love with Diomede, betrayed her father and set Diomede at liberty; who presently went his way without any regard to his benefactress, and Callirrhoe hanged herself upon it."-Plutarch, Parallela minora GOT MARRIED AND HAD KIDS "He went to Calydon in Aitolia where he made away with Agrius and his sons. He handed over the rule of the place to his grandfather Oineus. He then sailed for Argos but was swept into the Ionian Sea by a storm. When Daunius, king of the Daunians, saw who it was that had arrived, he begged him for help in warring against the Messapians, for a share of the land and marriage to his daughter. Diomedes agreed to the proposal, drew up his men and routed the Messapians, He took his land which he assigned to the Dorians, his followers. The daughter of Daunius gave him two sons, Diomedes and Amphinomus. He died of old age in the lands of the Daunians and the Dorians buried him with honours on the isle which they called Diomedia after him"-Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses KILLED A DRAGON "In the folds" refers to places that have prominences. "Colossus-striding": After the capture of Ilium, Diomedes threw stones from the Trojan wall into his ship instead of the usual ballast. Arriving in Argos and being overlooked by his wife Aegialeia, he went to Italy. There, he found a dragon in Scythia ravaging Phaiakia and killed it, holding the golden shield of Glaucus, the dragon mistaking the golden fleece for that of a ram. Honored greatly for this, he erected a statue made from the stones of Ilium." -Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem BTW THIS IS diomedes from the trojan war

"The Corcyraeans summoned Diomedes, and he killed a serpent in their country. He and a great party of men came to Iapygia and fought with those who were waging war against the Brundisians. and he gained honor. Constitution of the Tarantines"-Heraclides Lembus, On Constitutions "For as on wings they shall come back again, traversing with trackless steps the terraces. And a high god shall he be called by many, even by those who dwell by the cavernous plain of Io, when he shall have slain the dragon that harried the Phaeacians." -Lycophron, Alexandra

MET AENEAS POST WAR "And Aeneas told Diomedes, I know you took away the holy Palladium which lay in Troy, so that it could be written, the Palladium is given to Aeneas. Diomedes said to him that from the time Odysseus and I took it away neither I nor my army have lacked for disasters. So I was obliged to ask the Pythia about it. And I was given an oracle that said to give it to the Trojans. And Aeneas said, Give it to me. And immediately offering sacrifice, Diomedes handed the Palladium to Aeneas. Taking it, once summer had arrived, Aeneas set forth for Italy" -Malalas, Chronography

"And so it happened that when Diomedes in exile from Argos heard of Aeneas' expedition, he came to him, since peace and friendship existed between them, and asked for his help, after relating the misfortunes that had befallen Agamemnon and himself. Aeneas welcomed him and his little fleet of ships and gave him a small part of his army, since he had brought all the country under his sway."-Dio Chrysostom, Speeches

"Diomede went to the realm of Saturn. By this time the Trojan conqueror was founding another Troy at Lavinium and hanging up armour from Troy in a sacred grove at Laurentum. But when Diomede came to the stream of the Tuscan river and pitched his glittering camp on its bank, the sons of Priam trembled for fear. Then the son-in-law of Daunus held forth in his right hand a branch of silvery olive. He brought with him soldiers whose weapons glittered. as a pledge of peace, and spoke thus while the Trojans muttered in displeasure: Son of Anchises, lay aside the recollections of rage and fear. For all the sweat and blood we poured out by Xanthus and Simois, rivers of Ida, and by the Scaean gate, we are not to blame: we were driven on by the gods and the inexorable Sisters." Say, why should we not spend under happier auspices what yet remains of life? Let us join hands that grasp no swords. She whom you now behold shall be the witness of our alliance.' Thus he asked pardon of the Trojans, and displayed to their startled sight the image on the stern of his ship."-Silius Italicus, Punica

HAS A SWORD OF ORION "called Orion as if born from the urine, hence he also calls him three-father. But Diomedes had the sword of Orion"

-Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem HAS A EVIL HALF BROTHER

Greek Anthology: Book 3 THE CYZICENE EPIGRAMS

Iris with Lyssa in tow:

teeny tiny ocs

I was currently searching for more information about Amphion and Zethus, Zeus' twin sons who are believed to have constructed the city walls of Thebes. Then I ended up reading about their mother Antiope and now I'm utterly disgusted and currently pity this woman whom I'm genuinely considering turning into my new blorbo. Then I realized that I need to make a whole ass post in order to organize all the thoughts from head and try to set alternative myth versions into a relatively chronological and consistent timeline.

There were two brothers named Nycteus and Lycus, who were direct descendants of Poseidon. Lycus had a wife named Dirce who became a worshipper of Dionysus, whereas Nycteus had two important children in this story that matter: Nycteis and Antiope. Cadmus' son Polydorus married Antiope, which automatically led to Nycteus becoming his father in law and an important political figure in Thebes. Unfortunately Polydorus died, leaving behind little Labdacus that got raised by Nycteus.

Pausanias, Description of Greece:

"Now Pentheus the son of Echion was also powerful by reason of his noble birth and friendship with the king. Being a man of insolent character who had shown impiety to Dionysus, he was punished by the god. Polydorus had a son, Labdacus. When Polydorus was about to die, Labdacus was still a child, and so he was entrusted, along with the government, to the care of Nycteus."

Now, there's also a version where Polydorus became king after Cadmus got exiled written by Pausanias as well, but because it makes things way more confusing we'll try to avoid it.

This Labdacus was very likely contemporary with Pentheus and, just like his cousin, he wasn't exactly very smart either. According to Apollodorus, he died during Dionysus' visit in Thebes, leaving behind a son named Laius (BOOOO!), who got raised by Lycus for a while.

Turining back to Nycteus, I've mentioned earlier that he had another daughter named Antiope. Zeus raped her in the shape of a satyr, leaving her pregnant (EW!). Once her father found about her pregnancy, she fled to the Sycion Island out of shame, where King Epopeus helped her find refuge and eventually married her, thus impregnating her with another child while she was already carrying Zeus' offspring (So yeah, the fathers were basically overlapping each other.). Meanwhile, Nycteus killed himself out of shame, but before taking his life he asked Lycus to avenge him. So her sieged Sycion, murdered Epopeus, and then took Antiope and brought her back to Thebes. [Keep in mind the fact that during this time Cadmus and Harmonia were already in exile and he was the current king if Thebes, until Laius would've been old enough to rule]. On their way back to Thebes Antiope gave birth to her twin sons, who later got exposed but, fortunately, got saved and reared by shepherds.

Antiope got mistreated during all these years by Lycus' wife, Dirce, who treated her as a slave. When she finally learned that her twin sons were in fact alive and well all this time, she fled to Thebes where they got reunited, then asked them two to avenge her. They tied Dirce to a bull and tore her apart as she was celebrating the rites of Dionysus on Mount Chitaeron, which eventually caused Dionysus' wrath and made him drive Antiope mad. She wandered the earth while inflicted with madness and came across the neighbouring kingdom, where King Phocis found her, cured her of her illness and eventually married her. By this time Amphion and Zethus murdered Lycus and took his throne, thus becoming the new rulers of Thebes, and exiled Laius who then got raised by Pelops (Yeah...).

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 5. 5 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Labdakos (Labdacus) [king of Thebes] having left a year-old son, Laios (Laeus), the government was usurped by Lykos (Lycus), brother of Nykteus (Nycteus), so long as Laios was a child. Both of them had fled [from Euboia] because they had killed Phlegyas, son of Ares and Dotis the Boiotian, and they took up their abode at Hyria, and thence having come to Thebes, they were enrolled as citizens through their friendship with Pentheus. So after being chosen commander-in-chief by the Thebans, Lykos compassed the supreme power and reigned for twenty years, but was murdered by Zethos (Zethus) and Amphion for the following reason. Antiope was a daughter of Nykteus, and Zeus had intercourse with her. When she was with child, and her father threatened her, she ran away to Epopeus at Sikyon (Sicyon) and was married to him. In a fit of despondency Nykteus killed himself, after charging Lykos to punish Epopeus and Antiope. Lykos marched against Sikyon (Sicyon), subdued it, slew Epopeus, and led Antiope away captive. On the way she gave birth to two sons at Eleurethai [on Mount Kithairon (Cithaeron)] in Boiotia (Boeotia). The infants were exposed, but a neatherd found and reared them, and he called the one Zethos and the other Amphion. Now Zethos paid attention to cattle-breeding, but Amphion practised minstrelsy, for Hermes had given him a lyre. But Lykos and his wife Dirke (Dirce) imprisoned Antiope and treated her despitefully. Howbeit, one day her bonds were loosed of themselves, and unknown to her keepers she came to her sons cottage, begging that they would take her in. They recognized their mother and slew Lykos, but Dirke they tied to a bull, and flung her dead body into the spring that is called Dirke after her. And having succeeded to the sovereignty they fortified the city, the stones following Amphion's lyre; and they expelled Laios."

I haven’t caught yall up for a while.

XULIA’s VAMPIRE SPAWN.

Lycus is no longer a spawn, however, still protects his sire. They’re friends and allies.

I will hopefully be adding some new established characters into her little group.

Keep in mind that how Xulia treats her vampire spawn is not similar to how Cazador does. Xulia was harsh but she always had their back. Those are her babies. She saved them from shitty lives and crappy deaths. Offered them a place to be themselves and do what they’re passionate in.

Elfrida is a courtesan and works as a gardener because it’s what she chose and wanted. She gets to make sure the flowers that bloom during the day are safe at night, and she gets to appreciate them. Xulia helped her escape an abusive partner.

Lycus was hunted for being a Lythari, and he nearly died in his wolf form. Xulia found him, and because she liked wolves, made sure that didn’t happen.

Tinker was nicknamed tinker because she loved to tinker and invent in her spare time, she gets to do that as freely as she wants, in her own time. She was inspired by Harley Quinn. She loves clowns.

Elizabeth was struggling mentally and came to Xulia willingly for a friend and asked to be turned into a vampire because she ran away from home. Their family couldn’t handle she was different.

Cereza was one of Xulia’s allies from back in the day, and simply asked if she could be included LMAO. Not all of them have big grand important reasons. Some folks just wanted to be there for a friend.

Rosa honestly just asked too, after seeing the rest of the group, how everyone was so different but also had a sense of belonging, and xulia accepted.

This is what Lycus looks like these days, even with his own bat form! He still lives in the palace with the Trio and their spawn, but he goes out to do his own thing sometimes, still checks in with Xulia and the others. All is decent.

[OC] Lycus and Yuna doodle i did, Lycus is my friend's oc kdfjghd they match a lot of design choices so doodlin them together kinda healed my soul, not finishing tho