Amphion

There are several characters named Amphion /æmˈfaɪ.ɒn/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίων, romanized: Amphīōn "native of two lands",^[1] derived from ἀμφί amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near",, Latin Amphīon,, adjective Amphionian) in Greek mythology:

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). 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.^[2] 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,^[3] but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
• Amphion, son of King Iasus of Orchomenus, son of , daughter of Minyas. He became the father of Chloris, wife of Neleus^[4] and Phylomache, wife of Pelias;^[5] these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon. This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus, in Boeotia.
• Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas.^[6] From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis.^[7] In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother^[8] while Hippasus was said to be their father.^[9]
• Amphion of Elis, was 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.^[10]
• Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius. He was killed by Aeneas.^[11]

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• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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
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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.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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