Amycus, King of the Bebryces (Mythological character)

LC control no.	no2023110739
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Amycus, King of the Bebryces (Mythological character) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Amycus, King of the Bebrycians (Mythological character) Amycus, King of Bebrycos (Mythological character) Amykos, King of the Bebryces (Mythological character) Αμυκος, King of the Bebryces (Mythological character) Amycos, King of the Bebryces (Mythological character) Amycus (Giant) Amycus (Monster) Horrible Head (Greek mythological character)
Other standard no.	Q697942
Associated place	Bithynia
Field of activity	Boxing
Profession or occupation	Kings Kings and rulers Boxers (Sports)
Special note	Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Evslin, Bernard. Amycus, 1989: Characters (Amycus; monster; giant brass-headed maniac) page 1 (the brass-headed monster, Amycus) page 3 (the Horrible Head, also known as Amycus) page 36 (Amycus was plowing the Middle Sea toward Bebrycos) page 45 (the island of Bebrycos; ruled by a monster named Amycus, a giant) Dictionary.com, October 5, 2023 (Amycus: Classical Mythology: a son of Poseidon and one of the Meliae, known for his ruthlessness and his skill at boxing; Amycus, who was king of Bithynia, is represented as of a gigantic size, and a great proficient with the cstus; In the country of the Bebrycians the giant king Amycus challenged any of them to box with him; Amycus, the great boxer whom Pollux slew) Wikipedia, October 5, 2023: Amykos (In Greek mythology, Amykos (Ancient Greek: Αμυκος = Amykos), Latinized as Amycus, was the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Amycus was the son of Poseidon and the Bithynian nymph Melia. Amycus was a doughty man but being a king he compelled strangers to box as a way of killing them. When the Argonauts passed through Bithynia, Amycus challenged the best man of the crew to a boxing match. Polydeuces undertook to box against him and killed him with a blow on the elbow) The Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 (Amycus, in mythology, king of the Bebryces, a savage people of Bithynia. He was of gigantic strength and compelled all comers to the land to box with him ... When the Argonauts arrived in his country, Polydeuces accepted his challenge, and being a skilled boxer overcame Amycus' brute force) Seyffert, Oskar. Dictionary of classical antiquities, 1956 (Amy̆cus. Son of Poseidōn; a gigantic king of the Bebrycians on the Bithynian coast, who forced every stranger that landed there to box with him. When the Argonauts wished to draw water from a spring in his country, he forbade them, but was conquered and killed in a match with Polydeucēs (Pollux)) Zimmerman, J. E. Dictionary of classical mythology, 1964 (Amycus. 1. Son of Poseidon; a famous boxer who challenged all travelers to fight him; finally killed by Polydeuces. 2. The name of two companions of Aeneas killed by Turnus. 3. A son of Ixion and the cloud) Stapleton, Michael. A dictionary of Greek and Roman mythology, 1978 (Amycus: The mythical King of the Bebryces, a savage people of Bithynia) Grimal, Pierre. The dictionary of classical mythology, 1986 (Amycus (Αμυκος = Amykos). A giant, a son of Poseidon and king of the Berbryces [sic?] in Bithynia; he invented the sports of boxing and fighting with the cestus; When the Argonauts landed in his country Amycus met them and challenged them to fight. Pollux took up the challenge ... Amycus was defeated by the skill and suppleness of Pollux) March, Jennifer R. Dictionary of classical mythology, 2014 (Amycus. A king of the Bebrycians, and the son of Poseidon and a nymph, Melia) Handbook for travellers in Constantinople, Brûsa, and the Troad, 1900: page 98 (Amycus, the king of the Bebryces) Grimal, Pierre. Dictionnaire de la mythologie grecque et romaine, 1951 (Amycos. Amycos était un géant, fils de Poséidon, et roi des Bébryces, en Bithynie; il avait inventé la boxe et le ceste [Amycos was a giant, son of Poseidon, and king of the Bebryces, in Bithynia; he invented boxing and the cestus])