Lyncēus

, son of A phare us, was among the hunters of the Calydonian boar, and one of the Argonauts. He was so sharp-sighted that, as it is reported, he could see through the earth, and distinguish objects at the distance of above nine miles. He stole some oxen with his brother Idas, and they were both killed by Castor and Pollux, when they were going to celebrate their nuptials with the daughters of Leu cippus. Apollo dor us , bks. 1 & 3.— Hyginus , fable.— Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 2 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 3 , li. 303 .— Apollo dor us , Argonautic a , bk. 1 .――A son of Ægyptus, who married Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus. His life was spared by the love and humanity of his wife. See: Danaides . He made war against his father-in-law, dethroned him, and seized his crown. Some say that Lynceus was reconciled to Danaus, and that he succeeded him after his death, and reigned 41 years. Apollo dor us , bk. 2 , ch. 1 .— Pausanias , bk. 2 , chs. 16, 19, 25.— Ovid , Heroides , poem 14.――One of the companions of Æneas, killed by Turnus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 9 , li. 768 .