Lycorus

In Greek mythology, Lycorus /lahy-ker-is/[1] or Lycoreus (Ancient Greek: Λυκωρεύς) may refer to the following personages:

Lycoreus or Lycorus, was a son of Apollo and the nymph Corycia.[2] After him a city was named Lycoreia (later Delphi, after Delphus, great-grandson of Lycorus). He was father of Hyamus.[3]

Lycoreus, a companion of Amycus. was the henchman of King Amycus of the Bebrycians, people living in northern Asia Minor that were visited by the Argonauts.[4]
Lycoreus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes, killed by Amphiaraus.[5]

In modern fiction, one bearer of the name is Licorus Black, wizard in Harry Potter, the first known member of the Noble House of Black.
References

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lycoris
Hyginus, Fabulae, 161
Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 6. 3
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 51
Statius, Thebaid, 7. 715

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