Lycus

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Lycus or Lykos can mean different things:

Son of Poseidon and Celaeno, brother of Eurypylus. The two brothers ruled over the Fortunate Islands.
Son of Prometheus and Celaeno, brother of Chimaerus. The brothers are said to have had tombs in the Troad; they are otherwise unknown.
Son of Dascylus of Mysia or Mariandyne. He was hospitable towards the Argonauts and Heracles, who conquered the land of the Bebryces (Heraclea).
Son of Hyrieus. He became the guardian of Labdacus and Laius. He is probably the same as Lycus, brother of Nycteus.
Brother of Nycteus in Greek mythology, Lycus was uncle to Antiope whom Zeus impregnated. She fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon and abandoned her children, Amphion and Zethus. They were exposed on Mount Cithaeron, but were found and brought up by a shepherd. Nycteus, unable to retrieve his daughter, sent his brother Lycus to take her. He did so and gave her as a slave to his own wife, Dirce.
One of the four sons of Pandion II. Upon the death of Pandion, Lycus and his brothers (Aegeus, Nisus, and Pallas) took control of Athens from Metion, who had seized the throne from Pandion. They divided the government in four but Aegeas became king. He gave his name to the Lycians of Asia Minor, hitherto known as Milyans.

In ancient geography, Lycus or Lykos (Greek: Λύκος), referred to several rivers.: The name 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, also called Zabatus or Zaba, a river of Assyria, a tributary of the Tigris, now called the Great Zab, located in modern-day Turkey and Iraq.
Lycus, in Bithynia that flows into the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) near Heraclea Pontica.
Lycus, in Cyprus that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Curium.
Lycus, in Cilicia that flows from the Pyramus to the Pinarus.
Lycus, also called Chersus, in Cilicia Campestris that flows into the Issucus Sinus near Issus.
Lycus, in Colchis, formed by the junction of the Apsarus and Glaucus rivers.
Lycus, in Lydia that is a tributary of the Hyllus river.
Lycus, in Phoenicia that flows into the Meditteranean near Beirut (Berytus), now called the Dog River in modern-day Lebanon (Nahr-el-kalb in Arabic).
Lycus, in Phrygia and Lycia that falls into the Maeander near Tripolis.
Lycus, in Pontus that falls into the Black Sea near Amisus.
Lycus, in Sarmatia Asiatica that is a tributary of the Tanais river.
Lycus, in Sarmatia that falls into the Sea of Azov (Palus Mæotis), now called the Kalmius river.