Lycurgue (Thrace)
See also: Lycurgue
In the Greek Mythology, Lycurgue (in Greek old Λυκοῦργος / Lukoũrgos ) is a king of Thrace, wire of Dryas.
Myth
He is the hero of a told history, in Iliade , by Diomède. When Dionysos still child crosses his grounds, it attacks it on the mount Nysa and puts in escape the Ménades which escort the god. It cuts the crowned vines, traces of the passage of the god. Dionysos, to escape to him, must plunge in the floods where it is collected by Thétis. Zeus punishes Lycurgue of its disproportion by plugging it. Lycurgue dies shortly after.
The posterior authors revisit the anecdote. According to Sophocle, Lycurgue is only locked up by its people. In its prison, it reconsiders little by little the madness of its act. According to the Pseudo-Apollodore, Lycurgue is rather struck of madness by Zeus. It kills his son, also named Dryas, taking it for a vine stock. It recovers the reason only once his dismembered son. Moreover, Thrace becomes barren and sterile after the impious act of Lycurgue. A oracle reveals with the population that their king is at the origin of the curse. They garottent it and give up it on the mount Pangée, where it is put in parts by wild horses. According to Hygin, Lycurgue is punished when it is wounded itself while wanting to tear off the crowned vines.
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