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Amarynceus

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[uh-mar-in-syoos] / əˈmær ɪnˌsyus /

noun

a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.

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Diores, son of Amarynceus, those760 Led on, and, for his godlike form renown'd, Polyxenus was Chieftain o'er the rest, Son of Agasthenes, Augeias' son.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Would that I were still young and strong as when the Epeans were burying King Amarynceus in Buprasium, and his sons offered prizes in his honour.

From The Iliad by Homer

Would that I were as young, and my strength was firm to me, as when the Epeans buried king Amarynceus at Byprasium, and his sons staked the prizes of the king.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

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