"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 king ...

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 ...

The Romans, for example, believed a wolf raised human twins named Romulus and Remus. These went on to establish the city of ...

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.

The Greek myth of the Chimera is the story of ... and is considered purely demonic — a sign of Satan. In the Teen Wolf mythology, the Dread Doctors are authors of these beasts.