Editing Ampyx

{{Short description|Name of multiple Greek mythological figures}}
{{Other uses|Ampyx (trilobite)}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Ampyx''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄμπυξ) or '''Ampycus''' (Ἄμπυκος ''Ampykos'' means 'woman's diadem, frontlet') was the name of the following figures:

* Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce<ref name=":0">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Shield of Heracles]]'' 180</ref> was a Titaresian seer, the son of [[Elatus]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/216#128 128]</ref> or [[Titairon]], eponymous founder of the town of [[Titaron]].<ref name=":2">[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#881 881]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} He fathered [[Mopsus]] with the [[nymph]] [[Chloris]] (daughter of [[Orchomenus (mythology)|Orchomenus]]<ref>Tzetzes on Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#881 881] & [https://topostext.org/work/860#980 980]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}) or [[Aregonis]].<ref name=":1">''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=549#712 127] & 948; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 5.17.10</ref> His son Mopsus joined the [[Argonauts]] after he was slain.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/216#14 14]</ref>
* Ampyx, father of the seer [[Idmon]] in some texts.<ref>''Argonautica Orphica'' [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=549#712 721]</ref> Otherwise, Idmon was called the son of [[Abas (mythology)|Abas]] or the god [[Apollo]] by [[Antianeira (possibly mother of Idmon)|Antianeira]]. Not to be confused with the above-mentioned Ampyx who was the father of another seer, Mopsus.
* Ampyx or Ampycus, an [[Ethiopia]]n priest of [[Demeter]] (Ceres). He appears in [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses]]''<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 5.110</ref> and was slain by [[Phineus (son of Belus)|Phineus]] during a fight between Phineus and [[Perseus]] (see [[Boast of Cassiopeia]]), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
* Ampyx or [[Amykos|Amycus]], son of [[Opinion (mythology)|Opinion]], was one of the [[Lapiths]] who fought the [[centaurs]] at [[Pirithous]]'s wedding. Appears in [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses]]''.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.450</ref>
* Ampyx, son of [[Pelias (mythology)|Pelias]], descendant of King [[Amyclas of Sparta|Amyclas]] of [[Laconia]]. Through his son [[Areus (mythology)|Areus]], Ampyx became the ancestor of [[Patreus]] who founded [[Patras|Patrae]].<ref name=":02">Pausanias, 7.18.5 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=gBkIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Harpalus+Deritus&pg=PA194 Achaica])</ref>

== Other use ==
* In [[hair care]], an '''ampyx''' (ἄμπυξ) is a headband, often made of metal.

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Hesiod]], ''[[Shield of Heracles]]'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0132 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0127 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Argonautica Orphica|''The Orphic Argonautica'']], translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|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]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Scholia]] to [[Lycophron|Lycophron's]] ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [[iarchive:lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up|Greek text available on Archive.org]]

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