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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (II) > the Greek heroic legends (II): heroes > the Greek heroic legends (II): heroes (with NAME) > (story of) Lycurgus, king of the Thracian Edones > suffering, misfortune of Lycurgus > Lycurgus is driven mad by Bacchus > Lycurgus puts his own son to death, mistaking him for vine shoots, and prunes the corpse of its limbs > Lycurgus cuts off his own legs, mistaking them for vine-shoots

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95A(LYCURGUS)6211Lycurgus cuts off his own legs, mistaking them for vine-shoots  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • Bacchus
  • classical antiquity
  • corpse
  • cutting off
  • cutting to pieces
  • father
  • father and son
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • king
  • leg
  • legend
  • Lycurgus
  • madness
  • mythology
  • pruning
  • son
  • tendril
  • vine

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  • 95A(LYCURGUS)6211

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http://iconclass.org/95A%28LYCURGUS%296211

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