Amycus

Amycus

:"For the centaur of this name see Amycus (centaur), and other meanings see Amycus (disambiguation)."

In Greek mythology, Amycus (Ἄμυκος) was the son of Poseidon and Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces beat him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithynia. He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had one son named Mimas.


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