T^e  deluge  of  Deucalion,  which  shortly  afterward  oe-
curred,  is  asc;nb«d  to  the  impiety  of  the  sons  ^f  Ly^
ceon.  (Apolioi.,  i.  c— Oeid,  Met.,  1,  316,
Hygin.,  Poet.  Atlron., ».  4.— Jd.,  Fah.,  176.— Txetx.,
adia/eopkr.,^1.) — It  has  been  conjectured,  that  Ju-
piter Lycoua  was  in  Arcadia  what  ApoHo  Lyciua
was  elsewhere ;  and  that  the  true  root  in  byth  casee
waa  ATKH  {ha),  "light."  .The  aimilarity  of  sound
no^^oobably  nve  oecaaion  to  the  legends  of  wolves,
of  which  animd'tfaen  were  many  in  Arcadia.  In  this
ease  Lyeeon  vvould  b«  only  another  name  for  Jupiter,
lo  whom  he  raised  an  altar,  and  he  could  not  thererore
have  been  described  as  Impious  in  the  [ffimitive  le-
gend. Tbe  (^position  between  his  name  and  that  of
NyctimttB  strotfgly.conlirms  this  hypothesis.  It  may
indeed  be  said,  that  Jupiter  derived  his  appellatioB
froflfc  lbs  okoontain ;  but  against  this  it  is  to  be  ob-
served, that  there  was  an  eminencejn  tbe  temtoiy  ef
Gyrene  or  Baree,  in  Libya,  dedicated  to  Jupiter  Ly*
cons.  {Herod..,  4,  m&.~KeighiUy'*  Mytkalogy,  p.
424,          ScAweaei,  AndaUttng,  p.  40.)

LyoAoifU,  a  district  of  Asia  Minor,  forming  the
aontbeaatem  qnaiter  of  Phrygia.  Tbe  origin  ita
name  end  of  ua  inhabitants,  tne  Lycaraes.  js  lost  in
ebacurity.  Tba  Greeks  asserted'  that  Lycaon  of  Ar-
cadia, in  obedience  (o  the  commands  of  an  orscle,
founded  a  city  here,  and  gave  his  name  to  the  nation
snd  country;  this,  however,  is  mere  fable.  Accord-
ing to  others,  it  derived'its  name  from  XvKOf,  a  wa^,
the  country  abounding  with  Uiese  animals.  Our  first
acquaintance  with  this  region  ie  in  the' relation  of
expaditioaofthayotuigerCyTiiB.   »Tbe  ridgea  ^lag

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