Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology King Lyncus (lynx) of the Scythians was taught the arts of agriculture by Triptolemus but he refused to teach it to his people and then tried to kill Triptolemus. Demeter turned him into a lynx.The myth is not known from any extant Greek sources but it is found in Ovid’s Met. 5.648-661 (hence Hyginus Fab. 259 Servius Comm. Aen. 1.323): Now the youth [i.e. Triptolemus] was carried high over Europe and Asia. He turned his face towards Scythia where Lyncus was king.