Lynceus (Argonaut)
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Lynceus (in Greek,
Lynkeus) was the jealous murderer of
Castor, along with his brother,
Idas. Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because they all (along with
Polydeuces) sought
Phoebe and
Hilaeira, daughters of
Leucippus (who was also Idas and Lynceus' uncle in some versions). Lynceus was one of the
Argonauts and he participated in the hunt for the
Calydonian Boar. He was a son of
Aphareus and Arene and was said to have excellent sight, even able to see underground.
Apollodorus, Bibliotheke I, viii, 2 and ix, 16; III, x, 3 and ix,2; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica I, 151-55; Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII, 304.
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