Amycus

American  

[am-i-kuhs] / ˈæm ɪ kəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Poseidon and one of the Meliae, known for his ruthlessness and his skill at boxing.

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Example Sentences

And when the two faced each other Amycus seemed like one of the Earth-born Men, dark and hugely shaped, while Helen’s brother stood there light and beautiful.

From Project Gutenberg

And Sophocles, in the Amycus, says— And he places on the table tender jawbones.

From Project Gutenberg

Manwhile actor Ralph Ineson – who plays Amycus Carrow in the Harry Potter films – will do a reading at Norbury Library in south-west London, with everyone invited to come along dressed as a character from the JK Rowling books.

From The Guardian

In practice, Classics 206 relies on a couple of textbooks on Greek sports, plus the classics' numerous chorals to coordination, such as Pindar's Odes to victorious athletes or Theocritus' blow-by-blow description of fancy-dan Polydeucus outboxing Heavyweight Amycus, which may well be the origin of a human myth most recently disproved by Sonny Liston.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pollux accepted his challenge, and surpassed him in skill, on which Amycus attempting to conquer by fraud, Pollux slew him on the spot; and became the patron of athletic exercises.

From Project Gutenberg