Amphinomus

In Greek mythology, Amphinomus (/æmˈfɪnəməs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίνομος Amphínomos; literally "between or around laws". From the root words Amphi/Ancient Greek: Ἀμφί: Between or on both sides, or around; and Nomus/Nomos:Ancient Greek: νομος: Rules/Laws) may refer to the following personages:

• Amphinomus, the Aetolian father of Thyrie (Hyria) who became the mother of Cycnus by Apollo.^[1]
• Amphinomus, a prince of Dulichium as the son of King Nisos. He was one of the suitors of Penelope^[2] and was considered the best-behaved of them. Despite Odysseus's warning, Amphinomus was compelled by Athena to stay, as he had been a suitor nonetheless. He was killed by a spear thrown by Telemachus during the Ithaca massacre; ironically, Amphinomus had twice tried to dissuade the suitors from killing Telemachus.^[3]
• Amphinomus, son of Diomedes and the daughter of King Daunus of Apulia in Italy.^[4]
• Amphinomus, brother of Anapias (named in latin: Pii Fratres, lit. 'the saint brothers'): they are legendary characters of the Greek Catania (Sicily, Italy), who saved their parents from an eruption of Etna, carrying them on their shoulders.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

There was also a Greek geometer called Amphinomus. He is thought to have flourished in the fourth century BC, but is otherwise unknown. He is mentioned a few times by Proclus in his Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements.^[15]