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Lichas can also refer to Lichas the Spartan, who discovered the bones of Orestes, or a genus of trilobite In Greek mythology, Lichas ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|aɪ|k|ə|s}}; {{lang-el|Λίχας}}) was Heracles' servant, who brought the poisoned shirt from Deianira to Hercules because of Deianira's jealousy of Iole, which killed him. MythologyLichas brought to his master the deadly garment, and as a punishment, was thrown by him into the sea, where the Lichadian islands, between Euboea and the coast of Locris, were believed to have derived their name from him.[1] The story is recounted in Sophocles’ Women of Trachis[2] and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.[3] Ovid's accountCape Lichada is said to be where Hercules flung Lichas into the sea: So, in his frenzy, as he wandered there, While he was hanging in the air, his form - Ovid. Metamorphoses, IX:211 GalleryReferences1. ^Strabo. Geographica, Book 9.4.4 & 10.1.9 {{Greek-myth-stub}}2. ^Sophocles. Trachiniae, Lichas 3. ^Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 9.155 & 211 compare with Hyginus. Fabulae, 36 2 : Characters in Greek mythology|Mythology of Heracles |
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