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The festival of Lycaea involved human sacrifice to Zeus. A young boy was killed and then consumed by one of the participants, in this case by Damarchus, and as a result Zeus would transform the cannibal into a wolf.[1][4] According to Pausanias the werewolf could once again live as a man provided he abstained from human flesh for nine years; if however the wolf tasted the flesh of a man he would remain a beast forever.[2] Augustine and Pliny agree with the main aspects of the story but claim the requisite waiting period was ten years, not nine.[1][4] The story is briefly alluded to in Plato’s masterpiece, The Republic, however in Plato's version there is no suggestion that the change could be undone.[5] References1. ^1 2 St. Augustine, The City of God, Book XVIII, Chapter 17 2. ^1 Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.2.6 3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.8.2 4. ^1 Pliny, The Natural History, Chapter 34.(22.) 5. ^Plato, The Republic, 565D 4 : Werewolves in Greek Myths|Ancient Olympic competitors|Ancient Arcadian athletes|Metamorphoses into animals in Greek mythology |
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