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Amphion

deity earth Greek corroborated · 3

Amphion is a son of Zeus and Antiope. He is the husband of Niobe. Amphion became a great singer and musician after his lover Hermes taught him to play music and gave him a golden lyre.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in early Greek literary sources such as Apollodorus and Ovid.

Relationships

co occurs with
Meliboea, Amyclas, Dione, Tantalus, Aëdon, Leto
consort of
Niobe
sibling of
Zethus
allied with
Zethus, Dioscuri
enemy of
Lycus, Dirce, Artemis (Diana), Apollo
child of
Zeus, Antiope
student of
Hermes

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Niobe
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Amphion (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Amphion and Zethus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In most versions, Amphion commits suicide out of grief; according to Telesilla, Artemis and Apollo murder him along with his children. Hyginus, however, writes that in his madness he tried to attack the temple of Apollo, and was killed by the god's arrows.”

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“Amphion became a great singer and musician, Zethus a hunter and herdsman (Apollodorus iii. 5). After punishing Lycus and Dirce for cruel treatment of Antiope, they built and fortified Thebes, huge blocks of stone forming themselves into walls at the sound of Amphion’s lyre (Horace, Odes, iii. 11). Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (Ovid, Metam. vi. 270).”

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“Amphion became a great singer and musician, ... huge blocks of stone forming themselves into walls at the sound of Amphion’s lyre.”

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