Lycomedes

Role: king · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 3.13

🌐 Also appears in: Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (as Lycomedes)

Life events

Achilles was hidden at Lycomedes' court, fathered Pyrrhus, was exposed, and went to Troy.(Apollodorus, Library 3.13 · 📍 Troy)
- With: Achilles Thetis Deidamia Neoptolemus Odysseus
- “When Achilles was nine years old, Calchas declared that Troy could not be taken without him; so Thetis, foreseeing that it was fated he should perish if he went to the war, disguised him in female garb and entrusted him as a maiden to Lycomedes. Bred at his court, Achilles had an intrigue with Deidamia, daughter of Lycomedes, and a son Pyrrhus was born to him, who was afterwards called Neoptolemus. But the secret of Achilles was betrayed, and Ulysses, seeking him at the court of Lycomedes, discovered him by the blast of a trumpet. And in that way Achilles went to Troy”
Menestheus drove Theseus away, and Lycomedes threw him into an abyss and killed him.(Apollodorus, Epitome 1)
- With: Theseus Menestheus
- “Thence he was driven by Menestheus and went to Lycomedes, who threw him down an abyss and killed him.”

with Theseus (interaction) “went to Lycomedes, who threw him down an abyss and killed him.”

with Neoptolemus (interaction) “they sent Ulysses and Phoenix to Lycomedes at Scyros, and these two persuaded him to let Neoptolemus go.”
with Phoenix (interaction) “they sent Ulysses and Phoenix to Lycomedes at Scyros, and these two persuaded him to let Neoptolemus go.”
with Odysseus (interaction) “they sent Ulysses and Phoenix to Lycomedes at Scyros, and these two persuaded him to let Neoptolemus go.”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.