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3 entries for Apollodoros, Apollodorus

λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… [says] that Heracles himself dedicated some to Dodonian Zeus; and Apollodorus for his part [says that] well-fed oxen [are called] larinoi ["fatted"]; for [the verb] larineuein means to feed up. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… men by women (lambda 450), was the better known. See Apollodorus 1.9.17 at web address 1. [1] cf. generally "Lemnian fire" (lambda 449) in (e.g.) Sophocles, Philoctetes 800, and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299; it issued …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… being turned into the wolf (lykos) which echoes his name. Apollodorus, also, credits him with 'fifty' sons, though Pausanias (8.3.1-5) could name only 28. For the myth and primary source references, see Graves (1955), …Matched in noteshighmedium