Amy̆cus

, son of Neptune by Melia, or Bithynis, according to others, was king of the Bebryces. He was famous for his skill in the management of the cestus, and he challenged all strangers to a trial of strength. When the Argonauts, in their expedition, stopped on his coasts, he treated them with great kindne , and Pollux accepted his challenge, and killed him when he attempted to overcome him by fraud. A poll on i us , bk. 2 , Argonautic a .— Theocritus , Idylls , poem 22.— A poll on i us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 .――One of the companions of Æneas, who almost perished in a storm on the coast of Africa. He was killed by Turnus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 1 , li. 225 ; bk. 9 , li. 772 .――Another, likewise killed by Turnus. Ibis , bk. 12 , li. 509 .――A son of Ixion and the cloud.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 12 , li. 245 .