InGreek mythology,Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs,-sjuːs/;Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς "lynx-eyed") may refer to the following personages.

• Lynceus, one of the 50Sons of Aegyptus.^[1]
• Lynceus, king inThrace and husband ofLathusa, friend ofProcne.Tereus gavePhilomela to him after ravishing his wife's own sister.^[2]
• Lynceus, son ofAphareus and one of theArgonauts.^[3]
• Lynceus, one of the companions ofAeneas inItaly who was slain byTurnus.^[4]
• Lynceus, one the dogs of the hunterActaeon.^[5]

Also, Lynceus is acrater on Janus (moon of Saturn), named afterLynceus of Messenia in the legend of Castor and Pollux.

• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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