Ancaeus (son of Lycurgus)

In Greek mythology, Ancaeus (; ) was both an ArgonautApollodorus, 1.9.16 and a participant in the Calydonian Boar hunt, in which he met his end.

Family Ancaeus was the son of King LycurgusApollodorus, 1.9.16; Hyginus, Fabulae 248 of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or EurynomePausanias, 8.4.10 & 8.5.2 or Antinoe.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.164: Lycurgus' wife is otherwise known as Cleophyle or Eurynome. Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor who led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War.Apollodorus, 3.10.8; Pausanias, 8.5.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 97

Mythology Ancaeus' arms were ominously hidden at home, but he set forth, dressed in a bearskin and armed only with a labrys (λάβρυς "doubled-bladed axe").Apollodorus, 1.8.2, 1.9.16, 3.9.2 & 3.10.7–8

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