Lynceus

The sons of Aphareus, Lynceus and proud Idas, came from Arene, both exulting in their great strength; and Lynceus too excelled in keenest sight, if the report is true that that hero could easily direct his sight even beneath the earth.

The Argonautica 2008

Hilaera and Phoebe, long betrothed to Lynceus and Idas, brothers burning now to requite the rape of their brides on the very morning they were to be married.

The Best American Poetry 2008 2008

The two sons of Boreas started up, trusting in their wings; and Euphemus, relying on his swift feet, and Lynceus to cast far his piercing eyes; and with them darted off Canthus, the fifth.

The Argonautica 2008

In the meantime Castor and Polydeuces, while stealing the cattle of Idas and Lynceus, were caught in the act, and Castor was killed by Idas, and Lynceus and Idas by Polydeuces.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

And yet if, as Aristotle says, men should see with the eyes of Lynceus, so that their sight might pierce through obstructions, would not that body of Alcibiades, so gloriously fair in outward seeming, appear altogether loathsome when all its inward parts lay open to the view?

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

Thou canst appraise a figure with the eyes of Lynceus and discover its beauties; though blinder than Hypoesea herself thou canst see what deformities there are.

Satyricon 2007

Indeed, Lynceus is said to have penetrated stones and oaks with his sight; and a certain man sitting on a watch-tower in Sicily beheld the ships of the

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

But if a man is ill-constituted by nature (as the state of the soul is naturally in the majority both in its capacity for learning and in what is called moral character) - or it may have become so by deterioration-not even Lynceus could endow such men with the power of sight.

The Seventh Letter, by Plato Plato 2004

They perished in combat with Lynceus and Idas, whilst besieging Sparta.

The Iliad of Homer 2003

Iuxta hos montes (tres pr鎑ictos Heclam, &c.) sunt tres hiatus immanes, quorum altitudinem apud montem Heclam potissimum, ne Lynceus quidem perspicere queat: Sed apparent ipsum inspicientibus, homines prim鵰 submersi, adhuc spiritum exhalantes, qui amicis suis, vt ad propria redeant, hortantibus, magnis suspirijs se ad montem Heclam proficisci debere respondent: Sicque subit� euanescunt.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003