Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Nycteus.
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus makes Nycteus Theban king and father of Antiope — the regent whose daughter Zeus takes as a satyr, and whose death passes the throne to Lycus.
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Nycteus
King of Thebes, father of Antiope and Nycteis — the Cadmean house before Amphion and Zethus reclaim the city.
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Antiope (mother of Amphion)
Nycteus' daughter by Zeus — mother of Amphion and Zethus, whose rescue and return avenge the Theban house.
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Lycus of Thebes
Nycteus' brother (or kinsman) who inherits the regency and mistreats Antiope — the tyrant Amphion and Zethus overthrow.