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) 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 Ly ...

, son of Lycus (brother of Nycteus), appearing in Euripides's ''Heracles'' **

Lycus, son of Poseidon In Greek mythology, Lycus ( ; grc, Λύκος, Lúkos, wolf), also called Lycaon, was a son of Poseidon and Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. Together with his brother Eurypylus, they ruled over the Isles of the Fortunate which their father blessed. ...

Rivers

* Lycos or

Great Zab The Great Zab or Upper Zab ( (''al-Zāb al-Kabīr''), or , , ''(zāba ʻalya)'') is an approximately long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq. It rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul. The drainage basin o ...

, 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) Lycus or Lykos ( el, Λύκος) was an ancient river of Cilicia, mentioned only by Pliny (v. 22), that flowed between the Pyramus Pyramus and Thisbe are a pair of ill-fated lovers whose story forms part of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. The story ha ...

, 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) 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, Hyllus ...

, 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) Lycus or Lykos ( grc-gre, Λύκος; tr, Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia. It is tributary of the Maeander and joins it a few kilometres south of Tripolis (Phrygia), Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount ...

, a historical river, a tributary of the Maeander *

Lycus (river of Pontus) The Kelkit River ( tr, Kelkit Irmağı or ''Kelkit Çayı''), is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşilırmak (river), Yeşilırmak. Its name derives from the Armenian ''Gayl get'' ( hy, Գայլ գե ...

, 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

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 ongoing ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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 alter e ...

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

Ares (DC Comics) Ares (also sometimes Mars) is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based on the eponymous Greek mythological figure, he is the Olympian god of war and a major recurring adversary of the superhero Wonder W ...

Other uses

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

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