Zeus Lycaeus
The epithet Zeus Lykaios (lit. "wolf-Zeus") is assumed by Zeus only in connection with the archaic festival of the Lykaia on the slopes of Mount Lykaion ("Wolf Mountain"), the tallest peak in rustic Arcadia. This suggests that Zeus had a connection with wolves in this region. At the sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lycaeus, there were ancient mystery cults and sacrificial rituals linked to Lycaon's myth. Some sources (like Plato and Pausanias) mention the belief that human sacrifice may have been practiced there—though it's debated among scholars. According to legend, a man who ate the flesh of a human sacrifice at this site would be transformed into a wolf for nine years. If he refrained from eating human flesh during that time, he could return to human form.
Divine Domains
King of the Greek gods, hospitality, Sky, and Thunder
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