Greek PantheonRegion
Land of the Bebryces
The Bithynian land of the Bebryces, whose king Amycus forced strangers to box with him until Polydeuces defeated him for the Argonauts (Argonautica 2; Theocritus, Idyll 22).
About Land of the Bebryces
Amycus at the shore
Argonautica 2: the Bebryces' king Amycus forces strangers to box and kills them. Polydeuces (Pollux) takes the challenge, breaks him, and the Argonauts scatter the Bebryces. The land is a Bithynian shore. Theocritus Idyll 22 tells the same bout. There is no Bebrycian cult in Greece. The stop is a ritual of hostile hospitality solved with fists, a Dioscuric set-piece before the clashing rocks.
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Land of the Bebryces among other places of the Greek Pantheon.
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Source notes
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- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2
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