Lynceus (son of Aphareus)

'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts[1] who served as a lookout on the Argo.

[3] Lynceus was a son of Aphareus[4] and Arene[5] or Polydora or Laocoosa,[6] and thus brother to Idas and Peisus.

[7] Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because he and his brother Pollux had kidnapped and married Phoebe and Hilaeira, the daughters of Leucippus, who were betrothed to Lynceus and Idas[2] or possibly their relatives.

[8] Lynceus was said to have excellent sight; enabling him to see through walls, trees, skin[9] and the ground.

[11][12] According to some versions he was also able to see in the dark; in others his reputation for being able to see through the ground was simply a rumor that resulted from his knowledge of geology and gold-mining.