Mopsus
(
*Mo/yos).
1. A son of Ampyx or Ampycus by the nymph Chloris; and, because he was a seer, he is also called a son of Apollo by Himantis. (Hes.
Scut. Here. 181; Val. Flac. 1.384;
Stat. Theb. 3.521; comp. Orph.
Arq. 127.)
He was one of the Lapithae of Oechalia or Titaeron (Thessaly), and one of the Calydonian hunters.
He is also mentioned among the combatants at the wedding of Peirithous, and was a famous prophet among the Argonauts.
He was represented on the chest of Cypselus. (
Pind. P. 4.336;
Apollon. 1.65;
Hyg. Fab. 14;
Ov. Met. 8.316,
12.456;
Paus. 5.17.4;
Strab. ix. p.443.)
He is said to have died in Libya by the bite of a snake, and to have been buried there by the Argonauts.
He was afterwards worshipped as an oracular hero. (
Apollon. 1.80,
4.1518, &c.; Tzetz.
ad Lyc. 881.)