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There are several characters named '''Amphion'''<ref>{{IPAc-en|æ|m|ˈ|f|aɪ|.|ɒ|n}} ({{Langx|grc|Ἀμφίων|Amphīōn}} "native of two lands",(Graves, p. 669) derived from ἀμφί ''amphi'' "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near", Latin ''Amphīon'', adjective Amphionian)</ref> in [[Greek mythology]]:
[[File:Amphion, from Tableaux du temple des Muses.jpg|thumb|Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving]]
* Amphion, son of [[Zeus]] and [[Antiope (mother of Amphion)|Antiope]], and twin brother of Zethus (see [[Amphion and Zethus]]).<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:11.225-11.270 11.260&ndash;3]; ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]'' [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/amphion-e118730 s.v. Amphion]; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38.</ref> Together, they are famous for building [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]]. [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D20%3Asection%3D18 6.20.18]</ref> 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,<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.68.6</ref> but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
* Amphion, king of the [[Minyans|Minyan]] [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]] and son of [[Iasus]].  By [[Persephone]], daughter of [[Minyas (mythology)|Minyas]], he became the father of [[Chloris of Pylos|Chloris]], wife of [[Neleus]]<ref>[[Scholia]] ad Homer, ''Odyssey'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/496/mode/1up?view=theater 11.281] citing [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA338 fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.9</ref> and [[Philomache|Phylomache]], wife of [[Pelias]];<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phylomache 1.9.10]</ref> these husbands are sons of [[Tyro]] and [[Poseidon]].
* Amphion, son of [[Hyperasius]], son of [[Pellen (mythology)|Pelles]], son of [[Phorbas of Thessaly|Phorbas]].<ref>Pausanias, 7.26.12</ref> From [[Achaeans (tribe)|Achaean]] [[Pellene]], he and his brother [[Asterius (mythology)|Asterius]] were counted among the [[Argonauts]] that sailed to [[Colchis]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.176</ref> In two separate accounts, [[Hypso]] was called their mother<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], 1.367</ref> while [[Hippasus (mythology)|Hippasus]] was said to be their father.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 14</ref>
* Amphion of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], an [[Achaeans (Homer)|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]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 13.685–93</ref>
*Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect [[Epeius]]. He was killed by [[Aeneas]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 10.111</ref>
*Amphion, centaur who attended [[Pirithous]]'s wedding, fought against the [[Lapiths]], tried to plunder [[Pholus (mythology)|Pholus]] of his wine and was killed by [[Heracles]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* ''Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 1'', A-Ari, editors: Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, [[Brill Publishers|Brill]], 2002. {{ISBN|978-90-04-12258-1}}. [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/brill-s-new-pauly Online version at Brill].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|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&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
*[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-631-20102-1}}.
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]

== External links ==
* {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Amphion |volume= I  | page=774 |short=1}}

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