Amphialus
In Greek mythology, Amphialus or Amphialos (Ancient Greek: Άμφίαλος means 'of two seas') may refer to the following figures:
- Amphialus, son of Neoptolemus and Andromache.[1]
- Amphialus, a man in the crew of Menelaus during his return from Troy.[2]
- Amphialos, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.[3] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. Along with the Ithacan king and six others namely: Lycaon, Alkimos, Amphidamas, Antilochus and Eurylochos, Amphialos survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.[4]
- Amphialus, a young Phaeacian nobleman and son of Polyneus, son of Tecton. He competed in the games arranged to honour Odysseus.[5]
- Amphialus, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.[6] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[7]
Notes
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 123
- ^ Pausanias, 10.25.3
- ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
- ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 8.111
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.30
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4
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