Ly̆cōphron

, a son of Per i an der king of Corinth. The murder of his mother Meli a by his father had such an effect upon him, that he resolved never to speak to a man who had been so wantonly cruel against his relations. This resolution was strengthened by the advice of Procles his maternal uncle, and Per i an der at last banished to Corcyra a son whose disobedience and obstinacy had rendered him odious. Cypselus, the eldest son of Per i an der, being incapable of reigning, Lycophron was the only surviving child who had any claim to the crown of Corinth. But when the infirmities of Per i an der obliged him to look for a succe or, Lycophron refused to come to Corinth while his father was there, and he was induced to leave Corcyra, only on promise that Per i an der would come and dwell there while he remained master of Corinth. This exchange, however, was prevented. The Corcyreans, who were apprehensive of the tyranny of Per i an der, murdered Lycophron before he left that island. Hero dot us , bk. 3 .— Aristotle. ――A brother of Thebe, the wife of Alexander tyrant of Pheræ. He a isted his sister in murdering her husband, and he afterwards seized the sovereignty. He was dispo e ed by Philip of Macedonia. Plutarch. — Diodorus , bk. 16 .――A general of Corinth, killed by Nicias. Plutarch , Nicias .――A native of Cythera, son of Mastor. He went to the Trojan war with Ajax the son of Telamon, after the accidental murder of one of his citizens. He was killed, . Homer , Iliad , bk. 15 , li. 450 .――A famous Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis, in Eubœa. He was one of the poets who flourished under Ptolemy Philadelphus, and who, from their number, obtained the name of Pleiades. Lycophron died by the wound of an arrow. He wrote tragedies, the titles of 20 of which have been preserved. The only remaining composition of this poet is called Cas sandra or Alexandra . It contains 1474 verses, whose obscurity has procured the epithet of Tene bros us to its author. It is a mixture of prophetical effusions, which, as he supposes, were given by Cas sandra during the Trojan war. The best editions of Lycophron are that of Basil, 1546, folio, enriched with the Greek commentary of Tzetzes; that of Canter, 8vo, apud Commelin. 1596; and that of Potter, folio, Oxford, 1702. Ovid , Ibis , li. 533 .— Statius , bk. 5 , Sylvæ , poem 3.