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Lynceus

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Lynceus

In Greek mythology, a son of Aegyptus and husband of Hypermestra. See Danaüs.



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Again in the Lynceus, Lynceus is being led away to his death, and Danaus goes with him, meaning, to slay him; but the outcome of the preceding incidents is that Danaus is killed and Lynceus saved.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
If the sea only happened to be deep enough, however, Lynceus could tell you exactly what kind of rocks or sands were at the bottom of it; and he often cried out to his companions, that they were sailing over heaps of sunken treasure, which yet he was none the richer for beholding.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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