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ID: 901000643
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000643
Record Type: Character/Person

Lycomedes, King of Scyros (Greek character, King of Scyros)

Note: King of Scyros, who killed Theseus by casting him into the sea from the top of a cliff. There are other characters with the same name.

Names:
Lycomedes, King of Scyros (Greek character, King of Scyros) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Lycurgus (Greek character, King of Scyros) (undetermined,U,N)
Λυκομήδης (Greek character, King of Scyros) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Lycomedes, King of Scyros (Greek character, King of Scyros) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
ruler of .... Skyros
.....(Évvoia regional division, Region of Central Greece, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Lycomedes, King of Scyros (Greek character, King of Scyros)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Theseus," accessed 6 July 2017
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) mentioned in 94M68 Death of Theseus: King Lycomedes of Scyros pushes ...
Lycurgus (Greek character, King of Scyros)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Λυκομήδης (Greek character, King of Scyros)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycomedes
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Theseus," accessed 6 July 2017

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