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[[Image:Amykos Argonautes Cdm Paris 442.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Amycus punished, red-figured [[Lucania]]n [[hydria]], end of 4th century BC, [[Cabinet des Médailles]]]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Amykos''' ({{langx|grc|Ἄμυκος}}), Latinized as '''Amycus''', was the king of the [[Bebryces]], a mythical people in [[Bithynia]].
== Family ==
Amycus was the son of [[Poseidon]] and the [[Bithynia]]n [[nymph]] [[Melia (consort of Poseidon)|Melia]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 2.1 ff. & 2.94 ff. with [[scholia]]</ref>
== Mythology ==
Amycus was a doughty man but being a king he compelled strangers to box as a way of killing them.<ref>[[Argonautica]]. Apollonius Rhodius. Loeb Classical Library</ref> When the [[Argonauts]] passed through Bithynia, Amycus challenged the best man of the crew to a boxing match. [[Castor and Pollux|Polydeuces]] undertook to box against him and killed him with a blow on the elbow.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.20; [[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 17; ''[[Argonautica Orphica|Orphic Argonautica]]'' 657 ff.</ref>
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 [[Amycus (Bithynia)|Amykos]].<ref>[[Pliny the Elder]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Naturalis Historia]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/148#5.43.2 5.43.2]; [[Dionysius of Byzantium]], Anaplous of the Bosporos [https://topostext.org/work/619#97 97]</ref>
==Notes==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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 of Rhodes|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.]
* [[Argonautica Orphica|''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:Children of Poseidon]]
[[Category:Characters in the Argonautica]]
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