Lycurgus of Nemea

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Lycurgus of Nemea is a mythological Greek king of Nemea, known chiefly from the story of Hypsipyle and the episode involving the infant Opheltes in the legends surrounding the Nemean Games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
mythological Greek king
associatedWith Hypsipyle NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Nemean Games NERFINISHED
associatedWithMyth Seven against Thebes NERFINISHED
death of Opheltes
story of Hypsipyle
causeOfConflict punishment of Hypsipyle for neglect of Opheltes
child Opheltes NERFINISHED
connectedTo heroic cult of Opheltes
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Greek
distinguishedFrom Lycurgus of Sparta NERFINISHED
Lycurgus the orator NERFINISHED
employer Hypsipyle NERFINISHED
fatherOf Opheltes NERFINISHED
genre Greek mythology
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek
linkedDeity Apollo NERFINISHED
Heracles NERFINISHED
Zeus NERFINISHED
literaryCharacter yes
mythologicalLocation Argolis NERFINISHED
Nemea NERFINISHED
mythologicalTheme divine omen through the death of a child
mythType local Nemean legend
narrativeFunction father of the child whose death leads to the founding of the Nemean Games
narrativeSetting journey of the Seven against Thebes NERFINISHED
positionHeld king of Nemea
realm Nemea NERFINISHED
relatedFestival Nemean Games NERFINISHED
religiousContext Greek hero cult
roleInMyth guardian of the infant Opheltes
sourceText Apollodorus, Bibliotheca NERFINISHED
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica NERFINISHED
Statius, Thebaid NERFINISHED
spouse Eurydice of Nemea NERFINISHED
timePeriod mythic age of heroes

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Hypsipyle enslavedBy Lycurgus of Nemea