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Lycus (Lykos, Lycos ,) may refer to:


Mythology

* Lycus (mythology), the name of numerous people in Greek mythology, including ** Lycus (brother of Nycteus), a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes ** Lycus (descendant of Lycus), son of Lycus (brother of Nycteus), appearing in Euripides's ''Heracles'' ** Lycus, son of Poseidon


Rivers

* Lycos or Great Zab, a river of Assyria, located in modern-day Turkey and Iraq * Lycus (river of Bithynia), flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica * Lycus (river of Cilicia), flows from the Pyramus to the Pinarus * Lycus, now known as Kouris, in Cyprus that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Kourion * Lycus (river of Lydia), a tributary of the Hyllus river * Lycus (river of Mysia), near Carseae * Lycus (river of Phoenicia), also known as Nahr al-Kalb, flows into the Mediterranean near Beirut * Lycus (river of Phrygia), a historical river, a tributary of the Maeander * Lycus (river of Pontus), modern Kelkit, a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey and the longest tributary of the Yeşil River * Platani (river), a river of Sicily, was sometimes also called the Lycus. *Lycus (river of Constantinople), a stream on the Byzantium, Byzantine peninsula that flowed into the Harbour of Eleutherios, Harbour of Theodosius in Constantinople on the Propontis: now Yenikapı, Istanbul.


Fictional characters

* Karl Lykos, a Marvel Comics villain also known as Sauron * Lycus, a DC Comics villain and son of Ares (DC Comics)


Other uses

* Lycus (beetle), ''Lycus'' (beetle), a genus of net-winged beetles


See also

* Battle of the Lycus, fought in 66 BC between the Roman Republic army of Pompey and the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus * Lycos, a search engine and Web portal * Lycus Sulci, a feature in the Amazonis quadrangle on Mars {{disambiguation, geo