Lycus

Lycus in Wikipedia

Lycus or Lykos (Greek: Λύκος), 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 (mythology) Lycus or Lykos is the name of several peopl...

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Lycus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

1. Son of Poseidon and the Pleiad Celaeno, married to Dircé. He assumed the government of Thebes after his brother Nycteus, for Labdacus, who was a minor; and, after the death of Labdacus, for his son Laïus. He was either killed by Amphion (q.v.) and Zethus, or (according to another account) handed the government of Thebes over to them at the behes...

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