“If you go into ancient literature, werewolves have been with us since the beginning,” says Woods. In fact, Greek mythology tells the story of a confrontation between Lycaon, a cruel ...

Generally, a werewolf, or lycanthrope ... a human head and chest of a man is often depicted as the antagonist in Greek mythology. Otherwise known as a scorpion man, the Aqrabuamelu is a mythical ...

The werewolf myth became integrated with the local history of Arcadia, a region of Greece. Here, Zeus was worshipped as Lycaean Zeus (“Wolf Zeus”). In 380 BC, Greek philosopher Plato told a ...

“If you go into ancient literature, werewolves have been with us since the beginning,” says Woods. In fact, Greek mythology tells the story of a confrontation between Lycaon, a cruel ...

While werewolves predate Greek mythology, the story of Lycaon is still one of the earliest examples of a man shapeshifting into an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature.