In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυκος), Latinized as Amycus, may refer to the following personages:
- Amycus, king of Bebrycians and son of Poseidon.[1]
- Amycus, a centaur who fought against the Lapiths during the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.[2]
- Amycus, one of Aeneas' companions in Italy. He was killed by Turnus.[3]
- Amycus, was married to Theano, a Trojan woman remembered for having given birth to Mimas, the same day that Paris was born.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1 ff. & 2.94 ff. with scholia
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.245
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 12.509
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.702
References
edit- 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.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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