Amarynceus
Amarynkeus ( ancient Greek Ἀμαρυνκεύς ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
According to Pausanias, Amarynkeus was a son of Pyttios and an ally of Augeias , king of Elis , who had moved from Thessaly when he was preparing for a war against Heracles . Augeias also accepted Amarynkeus as co-regent. In contrast, Eustathios names Amarynkeus a son of Alector and Diogeneia . Finally, Hyginus states that Amarynkeus was a son of Onesimachus and that he took part with 19 ships in the Greeks' march against Troy . In Homer he appears as the king of the Epic , and according to this poet, it was not he but his son Diores who took part in the Trojan War . After his death, his sons organized competitions on the occasion of his magnificent funeral festival in Buprasion , in which Nestor won almost everywhere and only had to admit defeat to the Aktorionen in the chariot race .
literature
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen : Amarynkeus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1742.