Amycus

[ am-i-kuhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Poseidon and one of the Meliae, known for his ruthlessness and his skill at boxing.

Example Sentences

Amycus, who was king of Bithynia, is represented as of a gigantic size, and a great proficient with the cstus.

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This Butes was of the race of Amycus, the great boxer whom Pollux slew, and no man had stood before him.

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Heavily fell Amycus to the ground, having no more heart, and raising his hands as he fell, in sign of throwing up the contest.

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In the country of the Bebrycians the giant king Amycus challenged any of them to box with him.

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But at the last Amycus, rising as one that fells an ox, smote with all his might.

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