Lycus
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Lycus or Lykos a common name for Greek rivers, seems to have originated in the impression made upon the mind of the beholder by a torrent rushing down the side of a hill, which suggested the idea of a wolf (Greek: Lykos) rushing at its prey.
Lycus or Lykos may refer to:
Lycus or Lykos may refer to:
- Lycus (mythology)Lycus (mythology)Lycus or Lykos is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology:* Lycus , a Libyan king who sacrificed strangers to his father. He was the father of Callirhoê, who rescued Diomedes from being sacrificed, and committed suicide upon his departure.* Lycus , a son of Hyrieus and Clonia. He became...
, several people in Greek mythology, including- Lycus (brother of Nycteus)Lycus (brother of Nycteus)In Greek Mythology, Lycus was a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes . His rule was preceded by the regency of Nycteus, and he was succeeded by the twins Amphion and Zethus.-Genealogy:...
- Lycus (Descendant of Lycus)Lycus (Descendant of Lycus)A son of Lycus , Lycus appears in Euripides's Heracles. Originally from Euboea, he seized power in Ancient Thebes by killing Creon, who at the time was regent for the son of Eteocles, Laodamas. Lycus mistreated Creon's family, throwing them out of their house and depriving them food and clothing...
- Lycus, son of PoseidonLycus, son of PoseidonLycus was a son of Poseidon and Celaeno, half brother of Eurypylus....
- Lycus, son of DascylusDascylusIn Greek mythology, Dascylus or Daskylos is a name that may refer to:*A king who ruled over Mysia or Mariandyne. He is presumably the eponym of the coastal city of Dascylaeum or Dascylium . The wife of Dascylus was Anthemoisia, daughter of Lycus, and he was the father of sons named Lycus,...
- Lycus (brother of Nycteus)
- Karl Lykos, a fictional Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
villain known as Sauron - Lycus (DC Comics), a fictional DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
villain and son of Ares (DC Comics)Ares (DC Comics)Ares is a fictional character, a supervillainous God appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based upon the Greek mythological figure of the same name, he is the god of War and one of the major adversaries of Wonder Woman. He first appeared in Wonder Woman #1, volume 1, published in...
Geography
- Lycus (Crete), small secluded beach in Southern Crete, near Sfakia. Location of a couple of tavernas and small hotels.
Rivers
- Lycos or Great ZabGreat ZabThe Great Zab , , , ) 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 of the Great Zab covers approximately , and during its course, the rivers collects the water from a large number...
, a river of Assyria, located in modern-day Turkey and Iraq - Lycus (river of Bithynia)Lycus (river of Bithynia)Lycus or Lykos was an ancient river of Bithynia. It flowed in the east of Bithynia in a westerly direction, and emptied itself into the Black Sea a little to the south of Heraclea Pontica, which was twenty stadia distant from it. The breadth of the river is stated to have been two plethra, and...
, in Bithynia that flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica - Lycus (river of Cyprus), in CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
that flows into the Mediterranean SeaMediterranean SeaThe Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
at KourionKourionKourion , also Curias or Latin: Curium, was a city in Cyprus, which endured from antiquity until the early Middle Ages. Kourion is situated on the south shores of the island to the west of the river Lycus , 16 M. P. from Amathus. , and was recorded by numerous ancient authors including Ptolemy... - Lycus (river of Cilicia)Lycus (river of Cilicia)Lycus or Lykos was an ancient river of Cilicia, mentioned only by Pliny , that flowed between the Pyramus and Pinarus....
, in Cilicia that flows from the Pyramus to the Pinarus - Lycus (river of Cilicia Campestris), also called Chersus, in Cilicia Campestris that flows into the Issucus Sinus near IssusIssusIssus may refer to:* Issus , an ancient settlement in the modern Turkish province of Hatay** Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III* Issus , a river near the town and battle site...
- Lycus (river of Colchis), in ColchisColchisIn ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgian state kingdom and region in Western Georgia, which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgian nation.The Kingdom of Colchis contributed significantly to the development of medieval Georgian...
, formed by the junction of the Apsarus and Glaucus rivers. - Lycus (river of Lydia)Lycus (river of Lydia)Lycus or Lykos 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, is uncertain. -References:*...
, in Lydia that is a tributary of the Hyllus river - Lycus (river of Phoenicia), in Phoenicia that flows into the Mediterranean near Beirut
- Lycus (river of Phrygia)Lycus (river of Phrygia)Lycus or Lykos was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia, a tributary of the Maeander, which it joins a few km south of Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount Cadmus Lycus or Lykos was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia, a tributary of the Maeander, which it joins a few...
, in Phrygia and Lycia that falls into the Maeander near Tripolis - Lycus (river of Pontus), in PontusPontusPontus or Pontos is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος...
that falls into the Black Sea near Amisus - Lycus (river of Sarmatia Asiatica), in Sarmatia Asiatica that is a tributary of the TanaisTanaisTanais is the ancient name for the River Don in Russia. Strabo regarded it as the boundary between Europe and Asia.In antiquity, Tanais was also the name of a city in the Don river delta that reaches into the northeasternmost part of the Sea of Azov, which the Greeks called Lake Maeotis...
river - Lycus (river of Sarmatia), in SarmatiaSarmatiaSarmatia or Sarmatian can refer to:* the land of Sarmatians, western Scythia as described by many classical authors, such as Herodotus in the 5th century BC* Sarmatian languages, part of Scythian languages...
that falls into the Sea of AzovSea of AzovThe Sea of Azov , known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, is a sea on the south of Eastern Europe. It is linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south and is bounded on the north by Ukraine mainland, on the east by Russia, and on the west by the Ukraine's Crimean...
(Palus Mæotis), now called the Kalmius river - Lycus (river of Constantinople), running through ancient ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(modern IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
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