Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 8.2
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Chapter 8.2
8.2.1: Lykaon, founder of Lykosoura and establisher of the Lykaia festival for Zeus Lykaios
8.2.2: Mythic origins of the Olympic contests (Cronus, Zeus, and the Curetes)
8.2.3: Lycaon sacrifices an infant to Zeus Lycaeus and is turned into a wolf.
8.2.4: Mortals elevated to divine honors (e.g., Heracles, Castor & Polydeuces).
8.2.5: Lycaon and Niobe myths and divine retribution.
8.2.6: Lykaon’s periodic transformation into a wolf at sacrifices to Zeus Lycaeus
8.2.7: Niobe weeping on Mount Sipylus.