Bebrycians — Minor Figures

7 figures from The Argonautica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Mimas

warrior · first appears Book II 1

• Book II 1 · enemies with Polydeuces “And Polydeuces slew huge Itymoneus and Mimas.”
• Book III 9 · enemies with Aeetes “Then Aeetes arrayed his breast in the stiff corslet which Ares gave him when he had slain Phlegraean Mimas with his own hands;”

Dascylus (father)

father of Lycus · first appears Book II 7

• Book II 7 · child: Lycus “when he came hither on foot through the land of Asia bringing the girdle of warlike Hippolyte; and me he found with the down just growing on my cheeks.”
• Book II 7 · with Heracles “Together with the Mysians he subdued beneath my father’s sway the Phrygians also, who inhabit the lands next to us, and he made his own the tribes of the Bithynians and their land,”

Itymoneus

warrior · first appears Book II 1

• Book II 1 · enemies with Polydeuces “And Polydeuces slew huge Itymoneus and Mimas.”

Lyeoreus

henchman of Amycus · first appears Book II 1

• Book II 1 · employer: Amycus “And between them Lyeoreus, the henchman of Amycus, placed at their feet on each side two pairs of gauntlets made of raw hide, dry, exceeding tough.”

Dascylus (son)

son of Lycus · first appears Book II 7

• Book II 7 · parent: Lycus “So with you all, and in your company, I bid Dascylus my son follow;”

Priolas

brother of Lycus · first appears Book II 7

• Book II 7 · siblings with Lycus “when my brother Priolas was slain by the Mysians—my brother, whom ever since the people lament with most piteous dirges—”

Aretus

warrior · first appears Book II 1

• Book II 1 · enemies with Iphitus “Likewise Aretus with well-seasoned club smote Iphitus, the steadfast son of Eurytus, not yet destined to an evil death;”
• Book II 1 · with Iphitus “Likewise Aretus with well-seasoned club smote Iphitus, the steadfast son of Eurytus, not yet destined to an evil death;”

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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.