Ampycus

[ am-pi-kuhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Pelias, husband of Chloris, and father of Mopsus.

Example Sentences

Mopsus was the son of Ampycus.

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Apollo and Ampycus were the same.

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But in the next night the rest of the chieftains, overcome by sleep, were resting during the latest period of the night, while Acastus and Mopsus the son of Ampycus kept guard over their deep slumbers.

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And again he entered the vast gloom; and they looked and marvelled; and Mopsus, son of Ampycus, with word of prophecy urged them to land and propitiate him with libations.

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Thereupon on the same day a pitiless fate seized Mopsus too, son of Ampycus; and he escaped not a bitter doom by his prophesying; for there is no averting of death.

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