Editing Amphion and Zethus (section)

===Rule of Thebes===
Amphion became a great singer and musician after his lover [[Hermes]] taught him to play and gave him a golden lyre. Zethus became a hunter and herdsman, with a great interest in cattle breeding. As Zethus was associated with agriculture and the hunt, his attribute was the hunting dog, while Amphion’s - the lyre.<ref name=":0" /> Amphion and Zethus built the fortifications of Thebes.<ref name=":0" /> They built the walls around the [[Cadmea]], the [[citadel]] of Thebes, at the command of [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 9</ref> While Zethus struggled to carry his stones, Amphion played his lyre and his stones followed after him and gently glided into place.<ref name="Tripp">Tripp, Edward. ''Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology''. New York: Thomas Crowell Company, 1970, p. 44. Original, less elaborate, account in [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D20%3Asection%3D18 ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 6.20.18]</ref>

Amphion married [[Niobe]], the daughter of [[Tantalus]], the [[Lydia]]n king. Because of this, he learned to play his lyre in the Lydian mode and added three strings to it.<ref>Tripp, Edward. ''Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology''.  New York: Thomas Crowell Company, 1970, p. 43</ref>  Zethus married [[Thebe (Greek myth)|Thebe]], after whom the city of Thebes was named.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.5.6]</ref> Otherwise, the kingdom was named in honour of their supposed father Theobus.<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades1.html#13 ''Chiliades'' 1.13 line 322]</ref>[[File:Woodcut illustration of Niobe, Amphion and their dead sons - Penn Provenance Project.jpg|thumb|Woodcut illustration of Niobe, Amphion and their dead sons, printed by Johannes Zainer (ca. 1474)]]