Lycus of Libya

Lycus or Lykos (Ancient Greek: Λύκος "wolf"), in Greek mythology, was a king of Libya and son of the god Ares^[1] and the father of Callirhoê.^[2]

Mythology

Lycus had the custom of sacrificing strangers to his father. After the sack of Troy, Diomedes was cast up on the Libyan coast and when he was being sacrificed, the king's daughter Callirhoê fell in love with the hero and betrayed her father. She loosened Diomedes from his bonds and rescued her eventually but committed suicide upon his departure.^[2]

References

^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 159. Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
^ ^a ^b Pseudo-Plutarch. Parallela minora 23. English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.

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[:1-1] Hyginus. Fabulae, 159. Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies

[:0-2] Pseudo-Plutarch. Parallela minora 23. English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.

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