Amphion – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Amphion
n.
(Greek Mythology) son of Zeus and Antiope, twin brother of Zethus, husband of Niobe (queen of Thebes)
Amphion
There are several characters named
Amphion in
Greek mythology:
- Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). 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. 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, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
- Amphion, son of Iasus and Persephone (a mortal woman, not the wife of Hades). This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus, in Boeotia.
- Amphion, son of Hyperasius; he and his brother Asterius were Argonauts.
- Amphion the Epean, of Elis, who took part in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks.
Amphion
[Greek] Amphion is the son of Zeus and the nymph Antiope, the queen of Thebes. His twin brother is Zethus. When they reached maturity, the two brothers exacted a terrible revenge upon king Lycus of Thebes and his wife Dirce, for she had been treating their mother Antiope as a slave. They punished Dirce by tying her to the horns of a wild bull. He later married Niobe, and they had six sons and six daughters, called the Niobids. The god Hermes taught Amphion music and gave him a beautiful golden lyre. Both brothers were supposed to have build the walls of Thebes, while Amphion played his lyre. The magic of his music caused the stones to move into place on their own accord.
Amphion
Amphion (Greek) With Zethus, the Boeotian Dioscuri, twin sons of Antiope by Zeus. Abandoned on a mountain, they were raised by a shepherd, eventually reunited with their mother, and became the rulers of Thebes. They built the walls of Thebes, Amphion fitting the stones together with the music of his lyre. Amphion married Niobe, and after his children were slain and his wife turned into a rock because she had insulted Latona, he killed himself and was buried with his brother in one grave. {SD 2:795}.
Amphion
s.
(gresk mytologi) Amphion, sønn av Zevs og Afrodite, tvillingbror til Zethus, ektemannen til Niobe (dronningen av Thebes)
