Lycus

Lycus (Lykos, Lycos, Λύκος) may refer to:

Mythology

 * Lycus (mythology), the name of numerous people in Greek mythology, including
 * Lycus (brother of Nycteus), a ruler of the ancient city of Ancient Thebes
 * Lycus (descendant of Lycus), son of Lycus (brother of Nycteus), appearing in Euripides's Heracles
 * Lycus, son of Poseidon

Rivers

 * Lycos or Great Zab, a river of Assyria, located in modern-day Turkey and Iraq
 * Lycus (river of Bithynia), flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica
 * Lycus (river of Cilicia), flows from the Pyramus to the Pinarus
 * Lycus, now known as Kouris, in Cyprus that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Kourion
 * Lycus (river of Lydia), a tributary of the Hyllus river
 * Lycus (river of Mysia), near Carseae
 * Lycus (river of Phoenicia), also known as Nahr al-Kalb, flows into the Mediterranean near Beirut
 * Lycus (river of Phrygia), a historical river, a tributary of the Maeander
 * Lycus (river of Pontus), modern Kelkit, a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey and the longest tributary of the Yeşil River
 * Platani (river), a river of Sicily, was sometimes also called the Lycus.
 * Lycus (river of Constantinople), a stream on the Byzantine peninsula that flowed into the Harbour of Theodosius in Constantinople on the Propontis (now Yenikapı, Istanbul)

Fictional characters

 * Karl Lykos, a Marvel Comics villain also known as Sauron
 * Lycus, a DC Comics villain and son of Ares (DC Comics)

Other uses

 * Lycus (beetle), a genus of net-winged beetles