Amycus
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Amycus Neptuni et Melies filius, Bebryciae rex. in huius regna qui uenerat caestis cogebat secum contendere et deuictos perdebat. hic cum Argonautas prouocasset ad caestus, Pollux cum eo contendit et eum interfecit.
Amycus, son of Neptune and Melie, king of Bebrycia. Whoever came into his kingdom he forced to contend with him with the caestus (boxing-gloves), and destroyed those he defeated. When he had challenged the Argonauts to boxing, Pollux contended with him and killed him.
Notes
- Caestis: the caestus, the weighted leather boxing straps/gloves. This Amycus is the father of the Mopsus of Fabula 14, paragraph 28, who joined the Argonauts after his father was killed.
- Edition check, still open: this Latin text has not yet been checked against a printed critical edition; the points above were checked against the Packhum online text.
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