Lycaon

Achilles ambushed the lad one night while Lycaon was in the royal orchard outside Troy, furtively cutting young fig wood to use for chariot rails—in other words, Lycaon was on a military mission.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Achilles ambushed the lad one night while Lycaon was in the royal orchard outside Troy, furtively cutting young fig wood to use for chariot rails—in other words, Lycaon was on a military mission.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

The ancient Greeks called this constellation "Lycaon," a name which signifies a Wolf.

A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904

Metamorphoses, by Ovid Lycaon, king of Arcadia, serves his dinner guest (Zeus in disguise) a special supper: he took a human hostage, "opened his throat with a knife, and made some of the still warm limbs tender in seething water, roasting others in the fire".

Ten of the best John Mullan 2010

The Greek legend of King Lycaon of Arcadia being transmogrified into a wolf by Zeus after offending the god by serving him a meal of human flesh gave birth to the scientific term for werewolf, "lycanthrope."

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: 15 Intriguing Halloween-Related Factoids! Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011

The Greek legend of King Lycaon of Arcadia being transmogrified into a wolf by Zeus after offending the god by serving him a meal of human flesh gave birth to the scientific term for werewolf, "lycanthrope."

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: 15 Intriguing Halloween-Related Factoids! Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011

Most larger Sahelian carnivores like lion Panthera leo and African wild dog Lycaon pictus (V), were exterminated earlier this century by hunting and poisoning, but about 15-20 cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (V) and a few striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena persist, preying on feral donkeys.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Wild dog Lycaon pictus (EN) has recently disappeared from the crater and may have declined elsewhere in the Conservation Area as well.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania 2009

Several mammal species of particular concern to conservationists occur within the park: black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis (E), now reduced to fewer than ten animals, the small forest elephant Loxodonta africana cyclotis (V), which may number 2,000-3,000 individuals, leopard Panthera pardus, cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (V) and wild dog Lycaon pictus (E).

Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic 2009

More than 70 diurnal mammals have been described, including a number of carnivores such as spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta, common jackal Canis aureus, serval Felis serval, caracal F. caracal, lion Panthera leo, cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (T), and wild dog Lycaon pictus (T), previously considered locally extinct.

'W' National Park, Niger 2009