Ampyx
Name of multiple Greek mythological figures
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In Greek mythology, Ampyx (Ancient Greek: Ἄμπυξ) or Ampycus (Ἄμπυκος Ampykos, 'woman's diadem, frontlet') was the name of the following figures:
- Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce[1] was a Titaresian seer, the son of Elatus[2] or Titairon, eponymous founder of the town of Titaron.[3] He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris (daughter of Orchomenus[4]) or Aregonis.[5] His son Mopsus joined the Argonauts after he was slain.[6]
- Ampyx, father of the seer Idmon in some texts.[7] Otherwise, Idmon was called the son of Abas or the god Apollo by Antianeira. Not to be confused with the above-mentioned Ampyx who was the father of another seer, Mopsus.
- Ampyx or Ampycus, an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses[8] and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
- In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ampyx was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. He killed a centaur named Echetlos.[9]
- Ampyx, son of Pelias, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Areus, Ampyx became the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patrae.[10]
