Nyctimus

Nyctimus
Nyctimus is also a spider genus (Thomisidae)

In Greek mythology, Nyctimus was the son of Lycaon who was killed and served up as part of a feast to Zeus.

Some scholars identify Lycaon with Zeus Lycaeus, Zeus in his role as god of light,[citation needed] who slays Nyctimus (the dark), or is succeeded by him, in allusion to the perpetual succession of night and day.


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