Amphion

There are several characters named Amphion<ref>Template:IPAc-en (Template:Langx "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)</ref> in Greek mythology:

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Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving

• Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus).<ref>Homer, Odyssey 11.260–3; Brill's New Pauly s.v. Amphion; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38.</ref> 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.<ref>Pausanias, 6.20.18</ref> 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,<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.6</ref> 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 Neleus<ref>Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 11.281 citing Pherecydes fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338; Apollodorus, 1.9.9</ref> and Phylomache, wife of Pelias;<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.10</ref> these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon.
• Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas.<ref>Pausanias, 7.26.12</ref> From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 1.176</ref> In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother<ref>Valerius Flaccus, 1.367</ref> while Hippasus was said to be their father.<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 14</ref>
• 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.<ref>Homer, Iliad 13.685–93</ref>
• Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius. He was killed by Aeneas.<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.111</ref>
• Amphion, centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7</ref>

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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. 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. Template:ISBN. 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. 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. 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. Online version at theio.com.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. Template:ISBN
• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. Template:ISBN.
• 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. 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. 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. Online version at theio.com

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