Myscellus, or Myscelus[1] (Ancient Greek: Μύσκελλος and Μύσκελος), son of Alemon, was a native of the Achaean polis Rhypes and the legendary founder of Crotona in 710 BC.
According Ovid, the god Hercules appeared to Myscelus in a dream and commanded him to leave his native Achaea and seek out the "stone-filled waters of Aesar."
He set sail and soon reached the river Aesar in southeastern Italy, where he discovered the raised burial mound of Croton.
Upon leaving, Hercules thanked his host by promising that in two generations there would be a city in the spot where Croton lived.
[1] Ovid's claim that he is reporting a well-established tradition[2] appears to be borne out by the versions recorded by Strabo and Dionysius of Halicarnassus as well as other no longer extant sources.