Amphilochus I of Argos
In
hero and one of the Epigoni
.
Family
Amphilochus was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle and the younger brother of Alcmaeon.
Mythology
Eriphyle, bribed by
Harmonia, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the expedition of the Seven against Thebes. Amphiaraus, knowing that he would die in the battle, reluctantly agreed to go but asked his two sons to avenge his foreseen death. At Thebes, Amphiaraus ended up in combat with Periclymenus, a demigod son of Poseidon. He attempted to flee but the god Zeus
threw a bolt of lightning which opened the earth beneath him, swallowing the Argive and his chariot. Amphilochus's brother Alcmaeon then slew his mother and exiled himself from the kingdom.
As king of Argos, Amphilochus was sometimes named among Helen's suitors.[1][2]
After the
Ambraciot
neighbors (reference required).
Like his father before him, Amphilochus had a reputation as a
Posideium on Syria's Cilician border.[6]
Amphilochus was variously said to have been killed by Apollo or to have simultaneously killed and been killed by his half-brother Mopsus. Either story was also sometimes ascribed to
his nephew instead.[4]
Notes
- ^ Gantz, p. 566.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8.
- ^ Thucydides, 2.68.
- ^ a b Apollodorus, 3.10.8.
- ^ Arrian, Anabasis, 2.5.9.
- ^ Herodotus, The Histories 3.91.7
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.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3(Vol. 2).
- Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amphilochus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
