Lycurgus of Thrace fathered Dryas, whom he later killed in a fit of divine madness inflicted by Dionysus. Apollodorus records this as the gods' punishment for Lycurgus's impiety.
Lycurgus of Thrace opposed Dionysus's introduction of his cult, attacking the god and his followers with an ox-goad. Homer's Iliad (6.130-140) and Apollodorus both recount Dionysus's flight and the gods' terrible punishment of Lycurgus.
Lycurgus of Thrace attacked Dionysus's Maenads with an ox-goad, driving them into the sea. Homer's Iliad (6.130-140) recounts how the gods punished Lycurgus for his impiety against the Bacchic worshippers.
Driven mad by Dionysus as punishment for his impiety, Lycurgus mistook his son Dryas for a grapevine and killed him with an axe. Apollodorus' Bibliotheca (3.5.1) records this horrific act of divine retribution.
When Lycurgus attacked Dionysus on Mount Nysa, the young god leapt into the sea where the Nereid Thetis sheltered him in her underwater grotto. Homer's Iliad (6.135-137) records Thetis's protection of the frightened god.
Zeus punished Lycurgus of Thrace for his impiety against Dionysus by striking him blind. In Homer's Iliad (6.139-140), Lycurgus did not live long after incurring the wrath of the gods.
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