Amycus
The ruler who uses royal power to force every stranger into boxing and is defeated by Polydeuces.
Overview
Amycus turns boxing from voluntary contest into border control. He claims no stranger may leave without fighting him; Polydeuces accepts the condition and makes the coercive rule bind the king who imposed it.
Key facts
Compulsory boxing
Amycus declares that the arrivals must choose one man to box him before they may use the water and depart.
Defeated under his own rule
Polydeuces defeats Amycus in the imposed contest and ends the blockade.
Relationships
- Polydeucesforces into boxing
Amycus uses his own rule to force the arrivals to choose a boxer.
- Polydeucesdefeats in boxing
Polydeuces accepts the condition and defeats Amycus through boxing skill.
- Bebrycesrules
In Apollonius' route, Amycus rules the Bebryces.
Story appearances
- The ArgonautsAmycus in the Argonaut expedition
Amycus enters this story through the Argonaut expedition; other versions are handled where their own episodes call for them.
Ancient sources
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