Lynceus of Messene

The Dioscuri, Idas and Lynceus take the cattle, metope of the Treasury of Sicyon at Delphi, ca 560 BC.

In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsəs, -sjs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς, romanizedLunkeús, lit.'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts[1] who served as a lookout on the Argo.[2] He also participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar.[3]

  1. ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.151-155; Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.304; Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fabulae was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.2

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