Galaxy/The codex of Mopsus

Son of Ampycus, trained in augury by Apollo, who sailed with Jason, kept watch with Acastus in storm, and died of a serpent's bite in Libya after joining the crew mid-voyage — not to be confused with Mopsus of Colophon, the son of Apollo and Manto who defeated Calchas on the Returns.1

I

Apollonius names Mopsus son of Ampycus among the seers of the voyage; when storm pinned the heroes ashore he and Acastus kept watch while a halcyon hovered prophesying calm. In Libya he was bitten by a serpent and died — Idmon's avenger Idas slew the beast that gored the other seer.2

II

Apollonius calls him Titaresian in the muster roll, while Hyginus makes him from Oechalia or, as some think, a Titarensian — the two towns are not equated in our corpus, and Titaresia is not yet a city in the Areas map, so Oechalia carries the residence entry and the Titaresian alternative stays in prose only.3

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Mopsus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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