Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lynceus

(2 syl.) was so sharp sighted he could see through the earth, and distinguish objects nine miles off.

“That Lynceus may be matched with Gautard's sight.”

Hall: Satires, iv. 1.

“Non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus.”

Horace: 1 Epistle, i. 28.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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