Ly̆cŏmēdes

, a king of Scyros, an island in the Ægean sea, son of Apollo and Par the nope. He was secretly entrusted with the care of young Achilles, whom his mother Thetis had disguised in woman’s clothes, to remove him from the Trojan war, where she knew he must unavoidably perish. Lycomedes has rendered himself infamous for his treachery to These us, who had implored his protection when driven from the throne of Athens by the usurper Mnestheus. Lycomedes, as it is reported, either envious of the fame of his illustrious guest, or bribed by the emi aries of Mnestheus, led These us to an elevated place, on pretence of showing him the extent of his dominions, and perfidiously threw him down a precipice, where he was killed. Plutarch , These us .— Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 17 ; bk. 7 , ch. 4 .―― Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 13 .――An Arcadian, who, with 500 chosen men, put to flight 1000 Spartans and 500 Argives, . Diodorus , bk. 15 .――A seditious person at Tegea.――A Man tine an general, . ――An A then i an, the first who took one of the enemy’s ships at the battle of Salamis. Plutarch.