Amyrus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Amyrus or Amyros (; ) was one of the ArgonautsStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Amyros or a son of Poseidon.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.596 He later gave his name to the Thessalian city of Amyrus and to the river Amyrus.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.596. The Argonauts are reported to have sailed past this river as cited from both Apollonius (1.596) and Valerius Flaccus (2.11)

References

Sources Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.