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Amycus

Argonauts, Polydeuces binds Amycus at fountain

In Greek mythology, Amycus (Amykos, Άμυκος) was the son of Poseidon and Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces beat him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithnyia.

He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had one son: Mimas.

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Polydeukes binds Amykos at fountain., The Painter of the Oxford Ganymede 400-350 BC, Red Figure Stamnos, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston





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