 From Mysia, they departed to the land of the Bebryces which was ruled by King Amycus, son of Poseidon and Melie, a Bithynian nymph.Being a doughty man, he compelled the strangers who came to his kingdom to contend with him in boxing and slew the vanquished.When he challenged the best man of the crew to a boxing match, Pollux fought against him and slew him with a blow on the elbow.