was a name given by the Romans to such as were feigned with madness. It is supposed to be used for Nymphati, because the ancients imagined that every person who had the misfortune to see a nymph was instantly struck with frenzy. Lymphati may indeed signify "madmen," as derived from lymph, "water," over which element the nymphs were thought to preside: But it appears most likely, that distracted people were called lymphati, from the circumstance of madmen's being affected with the hydrophobia or dread of water after the bite of a mad dog; for this peculiarity, in cases of canine madness, was not unknown to the Romans.

LYNEUS, in fabulous history, one of the 50 sons of Aegaeus, married Hypermnestra, one of the 50 daughters of Danaus. See HYPERMNESTRA.

LYNEUS, in fabulous history, one of the Argonauts, who went with Jason in the expedition to obtain the golden fleece. He was of great use to the Argonauts, by enabling them to avoid the sand-banks and rocks they found in their way. The poets say, that Lyceus had so piercing a sight, that it could not only penetrate to the bottom of the sea, but even to hell. Some mythologists suppose, that this fable is taken from Lyceus's skill in observing the stars, and discovering the mines of gold and silver concealed in the earth.