Amykos
Character in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: 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. 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.
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- Amykos Argonautes Cdm Paris 442.jpg by Amycus Painter (name vase), Public domain
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