In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυκος), Latinized as Amycus, was the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia.
Family
Amycus was the son of Poseidon and the Bithynian nymph Melia.
Mythology
Amycus was a doughty man but being a king he compelled strangers to box as a way of killing them. 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.
When the Bebryces rush to avenge him, the chiefs snatched up their arms and put them to flight with great slaughter.
Bay/Port
During ancient times, the bay at modern Beykoz was called Amykos.
Notes
- Apollonius Rhodius, 2.1 ff. & 2.94 ff. with scholia
- Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. Loeb Classical Library
- Apollodorus, 1.9.20; Hyginus, Fabulae 17; Orphic Argonautica 657 ff.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.43.2; Dionysius of Byzantium, Anaplous of the Bosporos 97
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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