InGreek mythology,Nycteus (Ancient Greek:Νυκτεύς,romanized: Nukteús,lit. 'nocturnal') can refer to the following figures:

• Nycteus, king-regent ofThebes and father ofAntiope whom he punished for bearing sons toZeus.^[1]
• Nycteus, one of the comrades ofDiomedes who were turned into birds byAphrodite.^[2]
• Nycteus, the name ofCallisto's father in some rare versions.^[3]
• Nycteus, king of theAethiopians and father ofNyctaea, who consorted with him secretly under false pretences. When Nycteus figured out who his bedmate was, he tried to kill Nyctaea but she was transformed into a bird byAthena.^[4][5] This story is a parallel to the one withSmyrna and her fatherCinyras orTheias, the parents ofAdonis.
• Nycteus, a black horse, one of the four horses that drawHades' chariot.^[6]

• Apollodorus,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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Claudian,The Rape of Proserpine translated by Platnauer, Maurice. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 135 & 136. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1922.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Hyginus, Gaius Julius,The Myths of Hyginus, Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.Online version at Topos Text.
• Lactantius Placidus,Lactantii Placidi qui dicitur Commentarios in Statii Thebaida it Commentarium in Achilleida recensuit, translated by Richard Jahnke, 1898, B. G. Tevbneri, Lipsiae.
• Ovid,Metamorphoses with an English translation by Arthur Golding. London. W. Seres. 1567.Available on the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pepin, Ronald E. (2008).The Vatican Mythographers.New York City:Fordham University Press.ISBN 978-0-8232-2892-8.

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