Amycus (disambiguation)
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Amycus may refer to:
- AmycusAmycusIn Greek mythology, Amycus was the son of Poseidon and Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces beat him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithynia. He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had...
, a Trojan hero and son of PoseidonPoseidonPoseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon... - Amycus (centaur)Amycus (centaur)In Greek mythology, Amycus was a centaur. He was the son of Ophion and attended Pirithous's wedding. He fought against the Lapiths and was ultimately killed by Pelates. The minor planet 55576 Amycus is named after this centaur....
, a centaur - USS Amycus (ARL-2)USS Amycus (ARL-2)USS Amycus was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Amycus , she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name....
, an Acheron class repair ship of the US Navy during World War II - Amycus (genus), a genus of jumping spiders
- Amycus Carrow, a fictional characterFictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series - Amycus, a town in the BosporusBosporusThe Bosphorus or Bosporus , also known as the Istanbul Strait , is a strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with the Dardanelles...