Lycus (/ˈlaɪkəs/LY-kəs;Ancient Greek:Λύκος,romanized: Lúkos,lit. 'wolf') is the name of multiple people inGreek mythology:

• Lycus, one of theTelchines^[1] who fought underDionysus in his Indian campaign.^[2] He is otherwise said to have erected a temple toApollo Lycius on the banks ofXanthus river.^[3]
• Lycus, son ofPrometheus andCelaeno, brother ofChimaerus. The brothers are said to have had tombs in theTroad; they are otherwise unknown.^{[4][AI-generated source?]}
• Lycus of Athens, a wolf-shaped herο, whose shrine stood by the jurycourt, and the first jurors were named after him.^[5]
• Lycus, anEgyptian prince as one of thesons of KingAegyptus. He suffered the same fate as his other brothers, saveLynceus of Argos, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father KingDanaus ofLibya. Lycus was the son ofAegyptus byArgyphia, a woman of royal blood and thus full brother of Lynceus,Proteus,Enceladus,Busiris andDaiphron.^[6] In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either byEurryroe, daughter of theriver-godNilus,^[7] orIsaie, daughter of KingAgenor ofTyre.^[8] Lycus married theDanaidAgave, daughter of Danaus andEurope.^[6]
• Lycus, son ofPoseidon andCelaeno.^[9]
• Lycus, the "loudvoiced"satyr herald ofDionysus during theIndian War.^[10] In secret union,Hermes fathered him,Pherespondus andPronomus, byIphthime, daughter ofDorus.^[11] Eiraphiotes (i.e. Dionysus) entrusted to these three satyr brothers the dignity of 'the staff of their wisdom-fostering father, the herald of heaven'.^[12]
• Lycus, son of Arrhetus and Laobie, who, together with his father and brothers, fought under Deriades against Dionysus.^[13]
• Lycus, son ofPandion II and brother of KingAegeus ofAthens.^[14]
• Lycus, son ofHyrieus andClonia, and brother ofNycteus. He became the guardian ofLabdacus andLaius. Nycteus, unable to retrieve his daughterAntiope fromEpopeus ofSicyon, sent his brother Lycus to take her. He invaded Sicyon, killed Epopeus and gave Antiope as a slave to his own wife,Dirce.^[15]
• Lycus, a descendant of the above Lycus, said to have usurped the power overThebes.^{[16][AI-generated source?]}
• Lycus, son ofDascylus ofMysia orMariandyne. He was hospitable towards theArgonauts^[17] andHeracles, who conquered the land of theBebryces (Heraclea Pontica).^[18] He is apparently identical with the Lycus given as a son ofTitias, brother of Priolaus and eponym of a city.^[19]
• Lycus, same asLycurgus (of Nemea).^[20]
• Lycus, the mortal lover ofCoronis, mother ofAsclepius.^[21] He is otherwise commonly known asIschys, son ofElatus.
• Lycus, aThracian killed byCycnus in single combat.^[22]
• Lycus, acentaur at the wedding ofPirithous andHippodamia, was killed by Pirithous.^[23]
• Lycus, a defender of Thebes in the war of theSeven against Thebes.^[24]
• Lycus and Pernis are listed byHyginus^[25] as parents ofAscalaphus andIalmenus, who are otherwise known as sons ofAres andAstyoche.
• Lycus, son ofAres and aLibyan king.^[26]
• Lycus, aCretan prince as the son of KingIdomeneus andMeda, probably the brother ofOrsilochus, Cleisithyra andIphiclus. Together with the latter, they were slain by the usurperLeucus.^{[27][AI-generated source?]}
• Lycus, one of the companions ofDiomedes that were changed into birds in Italy^[28]
• Lycus, a lost companion ofAeneas^[29]
• Lycus, another companion of Aeneas, killed byTurnus.^[30]
• Lycus andTermerus were two notorious brigands inCaria.^[31]

• Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Diodorus Siculus,The Library of History translated byCharles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes.Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus,Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Euripides,The Complete Greek Drama edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Heracles, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Euripides,Euripidis Fabulae.vol. 2. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Herodotus,The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.Online version at the Topos Text Project.Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.
• Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus,Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo,The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo,Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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