Lycus
4. A tyrant of Thebes, is likewise called by some a son of Poseidon, though Euripides (
Here. ur. 31) calls him a son of Lycus (No. 2), but akes him come to Thebes from Euboea.
In the a bsence of Heracles, L cus had attempted to destroy Megara and her children by Heracles, and killed Creon, king of Thebes, but on the return of Heracles he was killed by him. (
Hyg. Fab. 32; Tzetz.
ad Lycoph. 38.)