There are several characters named Amphion[1] in Greek mythology:

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

Notes

  1. /æmˈf.ɒn/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίων, romanized: 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)
  2. Homer, Odyssey 11.2603; Brill's New Pauly s.v. Amphion; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38.
  3. Pausanias, 6.20.18
  4. Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.6
  5. Apollodorus, 1.9.9; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.281 citing Pherecydes
  6. Apollodorus, 1.9.10
  7. Pausanias, 7.26.12
  8. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.176
  9. Valerius Flaccus, 1.367
  10. Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  11. Homer, Iliad 13.685–93
  12. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.111
  13. Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7

References

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  • 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. ISBN 978-90-04-12258-1. 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 4.598. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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  • 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. ISBN 978-0143106715
  • Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
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