Amphion
{{Short description|Set of characters in Greek mythology}}
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There are several characters named Amphion{{IPAc-en|æ|m|ˈ|f|aɪ|.|ɒ|n}} ({{Langx|grc|Ἀμφίων|Amphīōn}} "native of two lands",(Graves, p. 669) derived from ἀμφί amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near", Latin Amphīon, adjective Amphionian) in Greek mythology:
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- Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus).Homer, Odyssey [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:11.225-11.270 11.260–3]; Brill's New Pauly [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/amphion-e118730 s.v. Amphion]; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38. Together, they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city.Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D20%3Asection%3D18 6.20.18] Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the Niobids) at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter,Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.6 but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
- Amphion, king of the Minyan Orchomenus and son of Iasus. By Persephone, daughter of Minyas, he became the father of Chloris, wife of NeleusScholia ad Homer, Odyssey [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/496/mode/1up?view=theater 11.281] citing Pherecydes [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA338 fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338]; Apollodorus, 1.9.9 and Phylomache, wife of Pelias;Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phylomache 1.9.10] these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon.
- Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas.Pausanias, 7.26.12 From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis.Apollonius Rhodius, 1.176 In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their motherValerius Flaccus, 1.367 while Hippasus was said to be their father.Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- Amphion of Elis, an Achaean warrior who took part in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. He was a commander of the Epeans, together with Meges and Dracius.Homer, Iliad 13.685–93
- Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius. He was killed by Aeneas.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.111
- Amphion, centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 1, A-Ari, editors: Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2002. {{ISBN|978-90-04-12258-1}}. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-s-new-pauly Online version at Brill].
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-631-20102-1}}.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
External links
- {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Amphion |volume= I | page=774 |short=1}}
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