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Lynceus

also: Lynceum

Mythological Argonaut, son of Aphareus, proverbial for superhumanly keen eyesight (said to see through wood and earth). Cicero uses 'lynx-eyed' as a byword for sharpness of perception in Fam. 9.2.

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Ad Familiares 9.2 letters · 2 mentions

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