The Dioscuri, Idas and Lynceus take the cattle, metope of the Treasury of Sicyon at Delphi, ca 560 BC.
In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs,-sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς, romanized: Lunkeús, lit. 'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts[1][2][3] who served as a lookout on the Argo.[4] He also participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar.[5]
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the daughters of Leucippus, who were betrothed to Lynceus and Idas or possibly their relatives. Lynceus was said to have excellent sight; enabling him to...
to Messene. The Dioscuri however, feeling cheated out, marched against Messene, and took the cattle back. As they lay in wait for Idas and Lynceus, Lynceus...
of Gorgophone and Perieres and brother of Leucippus. He was the husband of Arene (Arena or Arenae), daughter of Oebalus, and by her fathered Lynceus,...
the other great heroic adventure of that generation, the voyage of the Argonauts, which preceded it. The purpose of the hunt was to kill the Calydonian...
of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. Children of Priam Homeric Neleides Sons of...
version of the myth, Hypermestra alone consummated her union with Lynceus and bore Abas, whose sons were Acrisius and Proetus. The daughters of Proetus...
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