4: Lycaon is the rex impius (impious king) of Arcadia, who served filium suum coctum (his cooked son) to Zeus and Hermes for dinner. Zeus, iratissimus (very angry), turned Lycaon and his followers into lupi (wolves).
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Very scary headgear, Minimus!

This was always one of the Greek myths that disturbed me most when I was a child!

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