In Greek mythology, Amarynceus (Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυγκεύς) is a chief of the Eleans, father of the Trojan-War captain Diores. Homer remembers funeral games for lord Amarynceus at Buprasium in which Nestor excelled; Pausanias says Augeas shared his throne with him after help against Heracles. Hyginus alone sends Amarynceus himself to Troy with nineteen ships.
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I.Elean lord
Parentage varies: Onesimachus, Acetor (Alector) and Diogeneia, or — in Pausanias — the Thessalian immigrant Pyttius. Mnesimache daughter of Dexamenus is named mother of his son Diores; another son Hippostratus appears in local scandal with Periboea.
Homer never puts Amarynceus at Troy: Diores leads ten Epeian ships (Iliad 2.622), and Nestor recalls boxing at Amarynceus' funeral games at Buprasium (23.629–631). Pausanias credits him with great service to Augeas against Heracles and a share of the Elean throne. Hyginus' Fabulae 97 is the outlier that embarks Amarynceus himself with nineteen ships.
II.Homonym note
The atlas id amarynceus-epeian is this Elean chief alone; his fame in the poem runs through his son diores-epeian.