Lycus ( ; ) is the name of multiple people in Greek mythology:

Lycus, one of the TelchinesTzetzes on Theogony, 80 who fought under Dionysus in his Indian campaign.Nonnus, 14.36 ff He is otherwise said to have erected a temple to Apollo Lycius on the banks of Xanthus river.Diodorus Siculus, 5.56.1 Lycus, son of Prometheus and Celaeno, brother of Chimaerus. The brothers are said to have had tombs in the Troad; they are otherwise unknown.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 132 Lycus of Athens, a wolf-shaped herο, whose shrine stood by the jurycourt, and the first jurors were named after him.Suda, eta, 271 Lycus, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus. He suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus of Argos, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya. Lycus was the son of Aegyptus by Argyphia, a woman of royal blood and thus full brother of Lynceus, Proteus, Enceladus, Busiris and Daiphron. In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by Eurryroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus,Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37, p. 368-369 or Isaie, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186 Lycus married the Danaid Agave, daughter of Danaus and Europe.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 Lycus, son of Poseidon and Celaeno.Apollodorus, 3.10.1 Lycus, the "loudvoiced" satyr herald of Dionysus during the Indian War.Nonnus, 14.112 In secret union, Hermes fathered him, Pherespondus and Pronomus, by Iphthime, daughter of Dorus.Nonnus, 14.113–114 Eiraphiotes (i.e. Dionysus) entrusted to these three satyr brothers the dignity of 'the staff of their wisdom-fostering father, the herald of heaven'.Nonnus, 14.118–119 Lycus, son of Arrhetus and Laobie, who, together with his father and brothers, fought under Deriades against Dionysus.Nonnus, 26.250 ff. Lycus, son of Pandion II and brother of King Aegeus of Athens.Apollodorus, 3.15.5 Lycus, son of Hyrieus and Clonia, and brother of Nycteus. He became the guardian of Labdacus and Laius. Nycteus, unable to retrieve his daughter Antiope from Epopeus of Sicyon, sent his brother Lycus to take her. He invaded Sicyon, killed Epopeus and gave Antiope as a slave to his own wife, Dirce.Apollodorus, 3.5.5 & 3.10.1; Hyginus, Fabulae 7–8 Lycus, a descendant of the above Lycus, said to have usurped the power over Thebes.Euripides, Heracles; Hyginus, Fabulae 31; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 38 Lycus, son of Dascylus of Mysia or Mariandyne. He was hospitable towards the ArgonautsApollonius Rhodius, 2.776; Apollodorus, 1.9.23; Hyginus, Fabulae 18 and Heracles, who conquered the land of the Bebryces (Heraclea Pontica).Apollodorus, 2.5.9 He is apparently identical with the Lycus given as a son of Titias, brother of Priolaus and eponym of a city.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.780 Lycus, same as Lycurgus (of Nemea).Hyginus, Fabulae 74 & 273 Lycus, the mortal lover of Coronis, mother of Asclepius.Lactantius Placidus on Statius, Thebaid 3.506; Second Vatican Mythographer, 128 He is otherwise commonly known as Ischys, son of Elatus. Lycus, a Thracian killed by Cycnus in single combat.Pausanias, 1.27.6 Lycus, a centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, was killed by Pirithous.Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.332 Lycus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes.Statius, Thebaid 9.107 Lycus and Pernis are listed by HyginusHyginus, Fabulae 97 as parents of Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, who are otherwise known as sons of Ares and Astyoche. Lycus, son of Ares and a Libyan king.Plutarch, Parallela minora 23 Lycus, a Cretan prince as the son of King Idomeneus and Meda, probably the brother of Orsilochus, Cleisithyra and Iphiclus. Together with the latter, they were slain by the usurper Leucus.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1218 Lycus, one of the companions of Diomedes that were changed into birds in ItalyOvid, Metamorphoses 14.504 Lycus, a lost companion of AeneasVirgil, Aeneid 1.222 Lycus, another companion of Aeneas, killed by Turnus.Virgil, Aeneid 9.544 & 559 Lycus and Termerus were two notorious brigands in Caria.Scholia on Euripides, Rhesus 509

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