Lycus of Libya

Lycus or Lykos (/ˈlaɪkəs/ LY-kəs; Ancient Greek: Λύκος, romanized: Lúkos, lit. 'wolf'), in Greek mythology, was a king of Libya and son of the god Ares[1] and the father of Callirhoê.[2]

Lycus had the custom of sacrificing strangers to honor his father. After the sack of Troy, Diomedes was cast up on the Libyan coast and was to be offered as a sacrifice. However, the king's daughter Callirhoê fell in love with the hero and betrayed her father by loosening his bonds and rescued him eventually. She committed suicide upon his departure.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 159. Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
  2. ^ 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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