Lynceus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Lynceus (; ) may refer to the following personages:

Lynceus, one of the 50 Sons of Aegyptus.Apollodorus, 1.8.2, 1.9.16, 3.9.2 & 3.10.3 Lynceus, a king in Thrace and husband of Lathusa, who was a friend of Procne. Procne's husband Tereus gave his own wife's sister Philomela to him after ravishing her, but Lathusa sent Philomela to Procne.Hyginus, Fabulae 45 Lynceus, son of Aphareus and one of the Argonauts.Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.151-155 Lynceus, one of the companions of Aeneas in Italy who was beheaded by Turnus.Virgil, Aeneid 9.768 Lynceus, one of the dogs of the hunter Actaeon.Apollodorus, 3.4.4

Also, Lynceus is a crater on Janus (moon of Saturn), named after Lynceus of Messenia in the legend of Castor and Pollux.

Notes

References Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.