Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Lynceus

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Lynceus

（Λυγκεύς).

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The son of Aphareus, was among the hunters of the Caledonian boar, and was also one of the Argonauts. According to the old legend, he was so sharp-sighted as to have been able to see through the earth, and also to distinguish objects at the distance of many miles. He was slain by Pollux. (See Dioscuri.)

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One of the fifty sons of Aegyptus. He obtained Hypermnestra for his bride, and was the only one of the fifty whose life was spared by his spouse. (See Danaüs; Hypermnestra.)

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A Samian pupil of Theophrastus who was a rival of Menander as a writer of comedy ( Suid. s. v.).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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