Amphion
Set of characters in Greek mythology
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There are several characters named Amphion (/æmˈfaɪ.ɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίων) in Greek mythology:
- Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus).[1] 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, king of the Minyan Orchomenus and son of Iasus. By Persephone, 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.
- 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, 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]
- Amphion, centaur who attended Pirithous's wedding, fought against the Lapiths, tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.[12]
