In Greek mythology, Amykos (), Latinized as Amycus, was the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia.
Family
Amycus was the son of
Poseidon and the
nymph Melia.
[Apollonius Rhodius, 2.1 ff. & 2.94 ff. with scholia]
Mythology
Amycus was a doughty man but being a king he compelled strangers to box as a way of killing them.
[Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. Loeb Classical Library] 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.
[Apollodorus, 1.9.20; Hyginus, Fabulae 17; Orphic Argonautica 657 ff.]
When the Bebryces rush to avenge him, the chiefs snatched up their arms and put them to flight with great slaughter.
Bay/Port
During ancient times, the bay at modern
Beykoz was called Amykos.
[Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.43.2; Dionysius of Byzantium, Anaplous of the Bosporos 97]
Notes
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Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
