Ancæus

, the son of Lycurgus and Antinoe, was in the expedition of the Argonauts. He was at the chase of the Calydonian boar, in which he perished. Hyginus , fables 173 & 248.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 8 .――The son of Neptune and Astypalæa. He went with the Argonauts, and succeeded Tiphis as pilot of the ship Argo. He reigned in Ionia, where he married Samia daughter of the Mæander, by whom he had four sons, Perilas, Enudus, Samus, A lither sus, and one daughter called Par the nope. Orpheus , Argonauts . He was once told by one of his servants, whom he pre ed with hard labour in his vineyard, that he never would taste of the produce of his vines. He had already the cup in his hand, and called the prophet to convince him of his falsehood; when the servant, yet firm in his prediction, uttered this well-known proverb: Πολλα μεταξυ πελει κυλικος και χειλεος ακρου. Multa cadunt inter calicem suprema que labra. At that very moment Ancæus was told that a wild boar had entered his vineyard; upon which he threw down the cup, and ran to drive away the wild beast. He was killed in the attempt.