Amykos
- For the centaur of this name see Amycus (centaur), and other meanings see Amycus (disambiguation).
In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυκος), Latinized as Amycus, was the son of Poseidon and Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces killed him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithynia.[1][2][3][4] He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had one son named Mimas,[5] who followed Aeneas to Italy, where he was killed by Turnus.[6]
In popular culture
- Amycus Carrow, a Death Eater in the Harry Potter series, is named after Amycus.
References
- ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1.ff & 2. 94 ff with scholia
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 9. 20
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 17
- ↑ Argonautica Orphica, 657 ff
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 702
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 12. 509
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