Lycus (descendant of Lycus)

For other uses, see Lycus (mythology) and Lycus (disambiguation).

A son of Lycus (brother of Nycteus), Lycus appears in Euripides's Heracles. Originally from Euboea, he seized power in Ancient Thebes (Boeotia) 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.^[1] However, Creon was the father-in-law of the hero Heracles, who returned unexpectedly to Thebes and slew Lycus. Laodamas succeeded him as king.^[2]

References

↑ Euripides, Heracles, line 54.
↑ Tripp, Edward. Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Company, 1834, p. 352.

Kings of Thebes

Kings	Calydnus Ogyges Cadmus Pentheus Polydorus Nycteus (regent for Labdacus) & Lycus I (regent for Labdacus) Labdacus Lycus I (regent for Laius) Laius Amphion and Zethus Laius (second rule) Creon Oedipus Creon (second rule) (regent for Eteocles & Polynices) Polynices and Eteocles Creon (third rule) (regent for Laodamas) Lycus II (usurper) Laodamas Thersander Peneleos (regent for Tisamenus) Tisamenus Autesion Damasichthon Ptolemy Xanthos

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