Lycus or Lykos () was an ancient river of
Lydia
Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
At some point before 800 BC, ...
that flowed in a southwesterly direction by the town of
Thyatira. Whether it emptied itself directly into the
Hermus, or only after joining with the
Hyllus, is uncertain. (
Plin. v. 31; comp. Wheler, vol. i. p. 253; P. Lucas, ''Troisieme Voyage'', vol. i. p. 139, who, however, confounds the Lycus with the Hermus.)
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Geography of ancient Lydia
Former rivers
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