in fabulous history, one of the fifty sons of Ægeus, married Hypermnestra, one of the fifty daughters of Danaus.

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

LYNCURRIUM, a stone believed to be the same with the tourmaline. The name is derived from ἀνάγκη, lynx, and ὄξος, urine.