Lycus (Lykos, Lycos ,) may refer to:

Mythology

Lycus (mythology) Lycus (; Ancient Greek: Λύκος ''Lúkos'', "wolf") is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology: *Lycus, one of the Telchines who fought under Dionysus in his Indian campaign. He is otherwise said to have erected a temple to Apollo Lycius ...

, the name of numerous people in Greek mythology, including **

Lycus (brother of Nycteus) In Greek mythology, Lycus or Lykos ( /ˈlaɪkəs/ or ; ) was a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes (Boeotia). His rule was preceded by the regency of Nycteus and in turn, Lycus was succeeded by the twins Amphion and Zethus. Family Lycus ...

, 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 Kourion ( grc, Koύριov; la, Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of Cyprus. In the twelfth century BCE, after the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, Greek settlers from Argos arrived on this site. I ...

Lycus (river of Lydia) Lycus or Lykos ( el, Λύκος) was an ancient river of Lydia 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 In Greek mythology, Hyllu ...

, 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) The Platani ( scn, Plàtani), known in ancient Greek as the (''Lykos'', "wolf") or (''Halykos'', "Salty"), is a river in southern Sicily, Italy. It is the fifth longest in the island after Imera Meridionale, Simeto, Belice and Dittaino, with a ...

, a river of Sicily, was sometimes also called the Lycus. *Lycus (river of Constantinople), a stream on the

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

peninsula that flowed into the Harbour of Theodosius in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

on the

Propontis The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the ...

: now

Yenikapı Yenikapı () is a port and a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey, in the metropolitan district of Fatih on the European side of the Bosphorus, and along the southern shore of the city's historically central peninsula. Yenikapı is notable for the ongoi ...

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

Fictional characters

Karl Lykos Sauron is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Neal Adams, and made his first appearance in ''The X-Men'' #59 (August 1969). Sauron is the alt ...

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

Other uses

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

Mythology

Rivers

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also