bebryces

Updated: May 16, 2025

Amycus. Polydeuces. On such terms fight the red-crested birds of the game. Amycus. Well, be we like birds or lions, we shall fight for no other stake. So Amycus spoke, and seized and blew his hollow shell, and speedily the long-haired Bebryces gathered beneath the shadowy planes, at the blowing of the shell.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

From its woody cover, the first inhabitants beheld the Argonauts anchor off the town of Amycus, king of the Bebryces; there the vengeful Medea practised her incantations; and descending to acknowledged history, it were long telling the notable events of the ages landmarked by the hoary height.

Lewis Wallace - The Prince of India — Volume 02

The Bebryces cheered their man, and on the other side the heroes still encouraged stout Polydeuces, for they feared lest the giant's weight, a match for Tityus, might crush their champion in the narrow lists.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

Even already had Argo fled forth from the Clashing Rocks, and the dread jaws of snowy Pontus, and was come to the land of the Bebryces, with her crew, dear children of the gods. There all the heroes disembarked, down one ladder, from both sides of the ship of Iason.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

There was fierce fighting when he arose again, and they bruised each other well, laying on with the hard weighted gloves; but the champion of the Bebryces was always playing on the chest, and outside the neck, while unconquered Polydeuces kept smashing his foeman's face with ugly blows.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose