Ambrax
{{Short description|Greek mythological character}}
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Image:Map of ancient Epirus and environs (English).svgAmbrax ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|m|b|r|æ|k|s}}; Ancient Greek: Άμβραξ) was a Greek mythological king of the city of Ambracia located in the region in Epirus in ancient Greece. He was king when the exiled Aeneas came to his city. He was son of Dexamenus that was in turn son of Hercules.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.50.4
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- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].