Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Amycus.
The gallery
King Amycus of the Bebryces
Henry Fuseli, c. 1800–1810
Fuseli's Bebrycian king — Poseidon's boxing tyrant who forces every lander into the caestus until Polydeuces kills him. Not the centaur Amycus of Ovid's Lapith war.
Amykos and the Argonauts (BnF hydria)
Unknown (South Italian red-figure), c. 4th century BC
Paris BnF hydria (De Ridder 442): Amykos bound or confronted among the Argonauts — Apollonius' Bithynian bout fixed in clay.
Amykos and Pollux (Praenestine mirror)
Unknown (Etruscan), c. 310 BC
Praeneste bronze mirror: Amykos boxed by Pollux under the moon-goddess Losna — the Bebrycian duel as Etruscan luxury art.
In play
Amycus
King of the Bebryces, son of Poseidon — slain by Polydeuces when the Argonauts land in Bithynia.
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius' set-piece bout: Amycus challenges strangers to box; Polydeuces answers and cracks the king's skull.
Pollux
The Dioscurus who kills Amycus — Castor's twin as the Argonautica's champion boxer.