Amykos
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In Greek mythology, Amykos ({{langx|grc|Ἄμυκος}}), Latinized as Amycus, was the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia.
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Amycus was a doughty man but being a king he compelled strangers to box as a way of killing them.Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. Loeb Classical Library When the Argonauts passed through Bithynia, Amycus challenged the best man of the crew to a boxing match. Polydeuces undertook to box against him and killed him with a blow on the elbow.Apollodorus, 1.9.20; Hyginus, Fabulae 17; Orphic Argonautica 657 ff.
When the Bebryces rush to avenge him, the chiefs snatched up their arms and put them to flight with great slaughter.
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- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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Category:Kings in Greek mythology
Category:Characters in the Argonautica
Category:Mythological people from Anatolia
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