Amphimedon
- For the genus of sponge, see Amphimedon (sponge)
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Mythology
While retreating from Odysseus's party during the final stages of the battle in the latter's hall, Amphimedon gave a glancing blow to the carapace of Telemachus, to whom he fell shortly afterwards.[2][3] In the Underworld, he told the story of the suitors' slaughter by Odysseus and Telemachus.[4]
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.30
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- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
- ^ Homer. Trans. Butler, op. cit. pp. 721-2.
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.
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