Lycomède
In the Greek Mythology, Lycomède (in Greek old Λυκομήδης / Lukomếdês ) is the son of Apollon and Parthénope. It reigns on Skyros, an island of the Aegean Sea.
According to a post-Homeric legend, after the removal of Helene by Pâris, Thétis entrusts his/her son Achille to him. This one is disguised as an young girl and answers in the name of “Pyrrha” ( Πύρρα / Púrra , “the russet-red one”). Thétis has recourse to this subterfuge to prevent the young man from leaving for the Trojan War, where it knows that he must perish. Achilles benefits from it to allure Déidamie, the girl of Lycomède, which will give him Néoptolème. After the departure, of Achilles, Lycomède raises his grandson until the Greeks ask Néoptolème to fight at their sides.
Thereafter, Lycomède receives at his place reducing Thésée Athens, controlled by the usurper Ménesthée. According to certain authors, Lycomède pushes Thésée top of a chasm. For Pausanias and the Pseudo-Apollodore, the fall is accidental.
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