by Hypermnestra, was at the chase of the Calydonian boar, and
accompanied the Argonauts in their expedition. He was famous for
his knowledge of futurity and thence he is called by some son of
Apollo. He married Eriphyle, the sister of Adrastus king of Argos,
by whom he had two sons, Alcmæon and Amphilochus. When Adrastus, at
the request of Polynices, declared war against Thebes, Amphiaraus
secreted himself, not to accompany his brother-in-law in an
expedition in which he knew he was to perish. But Eriphyle, who
knew where he had concealed himself, was prevailed upon to betray
him by Polynices, who gave her as a reward for her perfidy a famous
golden necklace set with diamonds. Amphiaraus being thus discovered,
went to the war, but previously charged his son Alcmæon to put to
death his mother Eriphyle, as soon as he was informed that he was
killed. The Theban war was fatal to the Argives, and Amphiaraus was
swallowed up in his chariot by the earth, as he attempted to retire
from the battle. The news of his death was brought to Alcmæon, who
immediately executed his father’s command, and murdered Eriphyle.
Amphiaraus received divine honours after death, and had a celebrated
temple and oracle at Oropos in Attica. His statue was made of white
marble, and near his temple was a fountain, whose waters were ever
held sacred. They only who had consulted his oracle, or had been
delivered from a disease, were permitted to bathe in it, after which
they threw pieces of gold and silver into the stream. Those who
consulted the oracle of Amphiaraus first purified themselves, and
abstained from food for 24 hours, and three days from wine, after
which they sacrificed a ram to the prophet, and spread the skin upon
the ground, upon which they slept in expectation of receiving in a
dream the answer of the oracle. Plutarch, _De Defectu Oraculorum_,
mentions that the oracle of Amphiaraus was once consulted in the
time of Xerxes, by one of the servants of Mardonius, for his master,
who was then with an army in Greece; and that the servant, when
asleep, saw in a dream the priest of the temple, who upbraided
him and drove him away, and even threw stones at his head when
he refused to comply. This oracle was verified in the death of
Mardonius, who was actually killed by the blow of a stone which
he received on the head. _Cicero_, _de Divinatione_, bk. 1, ch. 40.
――_Philostratus_, _Lives_.――_Apollonius_, bk. 2, ch. 11.――_Homer_,
_Odyssey_, bk. 15, li. 243, &c.――_Hyginus_, fables 70, 73, 128,
& 150.――_Diodorus_, bk. 4.――_Ovid_, bk. 9, fable 10.――_Pausanias_,
bk. 1, ch. 34; bk. 2, ch. 37; bk. 9, chs. 8 & 19.――_Aeschylus_,
_Seven Against Thebes_.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 1, chs. 8 & 9; bk. 3,
ch. 6, &c.――_Strabo_, bk. 8.
=Amphiarāĭdes=, a patronymic of Alcmæon as being son of Amphiaraus.
_Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 2, li. 43.
=Amphicrătes=, an historian who wrote the lives of illustrious men.
_Diogenes Laërtius._
=Amphictyon=, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, reigned at Athens after
Cranaus, and first attempted to give the interpretation of dreams,
and to draw omens. Some say that the deluge happened in his age.
_Justin_, bk. 2, ch. 6.――――The son of Helenus, who first established
the celebrated council of the _Amphictyons_, composed of the wisest
and most virtuous men of some cities of Greece. This august assembly
consisted of 12 persons, originally sent by the following states:
the Ionians, Dorians, Perhæbians, Bœotians, Magnesians, Phthians,
Locrians, Malians, Phocians, Thessalians, Dolopes, and the people
of Œta. Other cities in process of time sent also some of their
citizens to the council of the Amphictyons, and in the age of
Antoninus Pius, they were increased to the number of 30. They
generally met twice every year at Delphi, and sometimes sat at
Thermopylæ. They took into consideration all matters of difference
which might exist between the different states of Greece. When the
Phocians plundered the temple of Delphi the Amphictyons declared
war against them, and this war was supported by all the states of
Greece, and lasted 10 years. The Phocians, with their allies the
Lacedæmonians, were deprived of the privilege of sitting in the
council of the Amphictyons, and the Macedonians were admitted in
their place, for their services in support of the war. About 60
years after, when Brennus, with the Gauls, invaded Greece, the
Phocians behaved with such courage, that they were reinstated in
all their former privileges. Before they proceeded to business, the
Amphictyons sacrificed an ox to the god of Delphi, and cut his flesh
into small pieces, intimating that union and unanimity prevailed
in the several cities which they represented. Their decisions were
held sacred and inviolable, and even arms were taken up to enforce
them. _Pausanias_, _Phocis_ & _Achaia_.――_Strabo_, bk. 8.――_Suidas._
――_Hesychius._――_Aeschines._
=Amphiclea=, a town of Phocis, where Bacchus had a temple.
=Amphidāmus=, a son of Aleus, brother to Lycurgus. He was of the
family of the Inachidæ. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 4.――――One of the
Argonauts. _Flaccus_, bk. 1, li. 376.――――A son of Busiris, killed
by Hercules. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 5.
=Amphidrŏmia=, a festival observed by private families at Athens, the
fifth day after the birth of every child. It was customary to _run
round_ the fire with a child in their arms; whence the name of the
festivals.
=Amphigenīa=, a town of Messenia in Peloponnesus. _Statius_, _Thebiad_,
bk. 4, li. 178.
=Amphilŏchus=, a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. After the Trojan war,
he left Argos, his native country, and built Amphilochus, a town of
Epirus. _Strabo_, bk. 7.――_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 18.――――An Athenian
philosopher who wrote upon agriculture. _Varro_, _de Re Rustica_,
bk. 1.
=Amphily̆tus=, a soothsayer of Acarnania, who encouraged Pisistratus to
seize the sovereign power of Athens. _Herodotus_, bk. 1, ch. 62.
=Amphimăche=, a daughter of Amphidamus, wife of Eurystheus.
_Apollodorus_, bk. 2.
=Amphimăchus=, one of Helen’s suitors, son of Cteatus. He went to the
Trojan war. _Apollodorus_, bk. 3, ch. 10.――_Hyginus_, fable 97.――――A
son of Actor and Theronice. _Pausanias_, bk. 5, ch. 3.
=Amphimĕdon=, a Libyan killed by Perseus, in the court of Cepheus.
_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 5, li. 75.――――One of Penelope’s suitors,
killed by Telemachus. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 22, li. 283.
=Amphinŏme=, the name of one of the attendants of Thetis. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 18, li. 44.
=Amphinŏmus=, one of Penelope’s suitors, killed by Telemachus. _Homer_,
_Odyssey_, bks. 16 & 22.
=Amphinŏmus= and =Anapius=, two brothers, who, when Catana and the
neighbouring cities were in flames, by an eruption from mount Ætna,
saved their parents upon their shoulders. The fire, as it is said,
spared them while it consumed others by their side; and Pluto, to
reward their uncommon piety, placed them after death in the island
of Leuce, and they received divine honours in Sicily. _Valerius
Maximus_, bk. 5, ch. 4.――_Strabo_, bk. 6.――_Silius Italicus_, bk. 14,
li. 197.――_Seneca_, _de Beneficiis_.
=Amphīon=, was son of Jupiter, by Antiope daughter of Nycteus, who had
married Lycus, and had been repudiated by him when he married Dirce.
Amphion was born at the same birth as Zethus, on mount Citheron,
where Antiope had fled to avoid the resentment of Dirce; and the
two children were exposed in the woods, but preserved by a shepherd.
_See:_ Antiope. When Amphion grew up, he cultivated poetry and made
such an uncommon progress in music, that he is said to have been the
inventor of it, and to have built the walls of Thebes at the sound
of his lyre. Mercury taught him music, and gave him the lyre. He
was the first who raised an altar to this god. Zethus and Amphion
united to avenge the wrongs which their mother had suffered from
the cruelties of Dirce. They besieged and took Thebes, put Lycus to
death, and tied his wife to the tail of a wild bull, which dragged
her through precipices till she expired. The fable of Amphion’s
moving stones and raising the walls of Thebes at the sound of his
lyre, has been explained by supposing that he persuaded, by his
eloquence, a wild and uncivilized people to unite together and
build a town to protect themselves against the attacks of their
enemies. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 11.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 3, chs.
5 & 10.――_Pausanias_, bk. 6, ch. 6; bk. 6, ch. 20; bk. 9, chs. 5
& 17.――_Propertius_, bk. 3, poem 15.――_Ovid_, _de Ars Amatoria_,
bk. 3, li. 323.――_Horace_, bk. 3, ode 11; _Art of Poetry_, li.
394.――_Statius_, _Thebiad_, bk. 1, li. 10.――――A son of Jasus king
of Orchomenos, by Persephone daughter of Mius. He married Niobe
daughter of Tantalus, by whom he had many children, among whom was
Chloris the wife of Neleus. He has been confounded by mythologists
with the son of Antiope, though Homer in his Odyssey speaks of them
both, and distinguishes them beyond contradiction. The number of
Amphion’s children, according to Homer, was 12, six of each sex;
according to Ælian, 20; and according to Ovid, 14, seven males
and seven females. When Niobe boasted herself greater, and more
deserving of immortality than Latona, all her children, except
Chloris, were destroyed by the arrows of Apollo and Diana; Niobe
herself was changed into a stone, and Amphion killed himself in a
fit of despair. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 11, lis. 261 & 282.――_Ælian_,
_Varia Historia_, bk. 12, li. 36.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 6,
fable 5.――――One of the Argonauts. _Hyginus_, fable 14.――――A famous
painter and statuary, son of Acestor of Gnossus. _Pliny_, bk. 36,
ch. 10.――――One of the Greek generals in the Trojan war. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 13, li. 692.
=Amphipŏles=, magistrates appointed at Syracuse by Timoleon, after the
expulsion of Dionysius the younger. The office existed for above 300
years. _Diodorus_, bk. 16.
=Amphipŏlis=, a town on the Strymon, between Macedonia and Thrace.
An Athenian colony, under Agnon son of Nicias, drove the ancient
inhabitants, called Edonians, from the country, and built a city,
which they called Amphipolis, _i.e._ a town surrounded on all sides,
because the Strymon flowed all around it. It has been also called
Acra, Strymon, Myrica, Eion, and the town of Mars. It was the cause
of many wars between the Athenians and Spartans. _Thucydides_,
bk. 4, ch. 102, &c.――_Herodotus_, bk. 5, ch. 126; bk. 7, ch. 114.――
_Diodorus_, bks. 11, 12, &c.――_Cornelius Nepos_, _Cimon_.
=Amphipy̆ros=, a surname of Diana, because she carries a _torch_ in
_both_ her hands. _Sophocles_, _Trachiniæ_.
=Amphirētus=, a man of Acanthus, who artfully escaped from pirates who
had made him prisoner. _Polyænus_, bk. 6.
=Amphiroe=, one of the Oceanides. _Hesiod_, _Theogony_, li. 361.
=Amphis=, a Greek comic poet of Athens, son of Amphicrates,
contemporary with Plato. Besides his comedies he wrote other pieces,
which are now lost. _Suidas._――_Diogenes Laërtius._
=Amphisbæna=, a two-headed serpent in the deserts of Libya, whose bite
was venomous and deadly. _Lucan_, bk. 9, li. 719.
=Amphissa=, or =Issa=, a daughter of Macareus, beloved by Apollo. She
gave her name to a city of Locris near Phocis, in which was a temple
of Minerva. _Livy_, bk. 37, ch. 5.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15,
li. 703.――_Lucan_, bk. 3, li. 172.――――A town of the Brutii on the
east coast.
=Amphissēne=, a country of Armenia.
=Amphissus=, a son of Dryope. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 9, fable 10.
=Amphisthĕnes=, a Lacedæmonian, who fell delirious in sacrificing to
Diana. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 16.
=Amphistīdes=, a man so naturally destitute of intellect, that he
seldom remembered that he ever had a father. He wished to learn
arithmetic, but never could comprehend beyond the figure 4.
_Aristotle_, _Problemata_, bk. 4.
=Amphistrătus= and =Rhecas=, two men of Laconia, charioteers to Castor
and Pollux. _Strabo_, bk. 11.――_Justin_, bk. 42, ch. 3.
=Amphitea=, the mother of Ægialeus by Cyanippus, and of three
daughters, Argia, Deipyle, and Ægialea, by Adrastus king of Argos.
She was daughter to Pronax. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1.――――The wife of
Autolycus, by whom she had Anticlea the wife of Laertes. _Homer_,
_Odyssey_, bk. 19, li. 416.
=Amphitheātrum=, a large round or oval building at Rome, where the
people assembled to see the combats of gladiators, of wild beasts,
and other exhibitions. The amphitheatres of Rome were generally
built with wood. Statilius Taurus was the first who made one with
stones, under Augustus.
=Amphithĕmis=, a Theban general, who involved the Lacedæmonians into
a war with his country. _Plutarch_, _Lysander_.――_Pausanias_, bk. 3,
ch. 9.
=Amphithoe=, one of the Nereides.
=Amphītrīte=, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, married Neptune, though
she had made a vow of perpetual celibacy. She had by him Triton,
one of the sea deities. She had a statue at Corinth in the temple
of Neptune. She is sometimes called Salatia, and is often taken
for the sea itself. _Varro_, _de Lingua Latina_, bk. 4.――_Hesiod_,
_Theogony_, li. 930.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 3.――_Claudian_, _de Raptu
Proserpinæ_, bk. 1, li. 104.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 1,
li. 14.――――One of the Nereides.
=Amphĭtryon=, a Theban prince, son of Alcæus and Hipponome. His sister
Anaxo had married Electryon king of Mycenæ, whose sons were killed
in a battle by the Teleboans. Electryon promised his crown and
daughter Alcmena to him who could revenge the death of his sons upon
the Teleboans; and Amphitryon offered himself and was received, on
condition that he should not approach Alcmena before he had obtained
a victory. Jupiter, who was captivated with the charms of Alcmena,
borrowed the features of Amphitryon when he was gone to the war, and
introduced himself to Electryon’s daughter as her husband returned
victorious. Alcmena became pregnant of Hercules by Jupiter, and
of Iphiclus by Amphitryon, after his return. _See:_ Alcmena. When
Amphitryon returned from the war, he brought back to Electryon
the herds which the Teleboans had taken from him. One of the cows
having strayed from the rest, Amphitryon, to bring them together,
threw a stick, which struck the horns of the cow, and rebounded
with such violence upon Electryon, that he died on the spot. After
this accidental murder, Sthenelus, Electryon’s brother, seized the
kingdom of Mycenæ, and obliged Amphitryon to leave Argolis, and
retire to Thebes with Alcmena. Creon king of Thebes purified him of
the murder. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 4.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 8,
li. 213.――_Propertius_, bk. 4, poem 10, li. 1.――_Hesiod_, _Shield of
Heracles_.――_Hyginus_, fable 29.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 14.
=Amphitryōniădes=, a surname of Hercules, as the supposed son of
Amphitryon. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 8, li. 103.
=Amphitus=, a priest of Ceres, at the court of Cepheus. _Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 5, fable 5.
=Amphotĕrus=, was appointed commander of a fleet in the Hellespont by
Alexander. _Curtius_, bk. 3, ch. 1.――――A son of Alcmæon.
=Amphrȳsus=, a river of Thessaly, near which Apollo, when banished
from heaven, fed the flocks of king Admetus. From this circumstance
the god has been called _Amphryssius_, and his priestess
_Amphryssia_. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 1, li. 580.――_Lucan_,
bk. 6, li. 367.――_Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 3, li. 2; _Æneid_, bk. 6,
li. 398.――――A river of Phrygia, whose waters rendered women liable
to barrenness. _Pliny_, bk. 32, ch. 2.
=Ampia Labiena lex=, was enacted by Titus Ampius and ♦Titus Labienus,
tribunes of the people, A.U.C. 693. It gave Pompey the Great the
privilege of appearing in triumphal robes and with a golden crown
at the Circensian games, and with a prætexta and golden crown at
theatrical plays.
♦ ‘A.’ replaced with ‘Titus’
=Ampracia=. _See:_ Ambracia.
=Ampysĭdes=, a patronymic of Mopsus son of Ampyx. _Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 8, li. 316.
=Ampyx=, a son of Pelias. _Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 18.――――A man
mentioned by _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 5, li. 184.――――The father
of Mopsus. _Orpheus_, _Argonauts_.――_Pausanias_, bk. 5, ch. 17.
=Amsactus=, a lake in the country of the Hirpini, at the east of
Capua, whose waters are so sulphureous that they infect and destroy
whatever animals come near the place. It was through this place that
Virgil made the fury Alecto descend into hell, after her visit to
the upper regions. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 565.――_Cicero_,
_de Divinatione_, bk. 1, ch. 36.
=Amūlius=, king of Alba, was son of Procas and youngest brother
to Numitor. The crown belonged to Numitor by right of birth; but
Amulius dispossessed him of it, and even put to death his son Lausus,
and consecrated his daughter Rhea Sylvia to the service of Vesta,
to prevent her ever becoming a mother. Yet, in spite of all these
precautions, Rhea became pregnant by the god Mars, and brought forth
twins, Romulus and Remus. Amulius, who was informed of this, ordered
the mother to be buried alive for violating the laws of Vesta, which
enjoined perpetual chastity, and the two children to be thrown into
the river. They were providentially saved by some shepherds, or,
as others say, by a she-wolf; and when they had attained the years
of manhood, they put to death the usurper, Amulius, and restored
the crown to their grandfather. _Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 3, li. 67.――
_Livy_, bk. 1, chs. 3 & 4.――_Plutarch_, _Romulus_.――_Florus_, bk. 1,
ch. 1.――_Dionysius of Halicarnassus._――――A celebrated painter.
_Pliny_, bk. 35, ch. 10.
=Amy̆ci Portus=, a place in Pontus, famous for the death of Amycus king
of the Bebryces. His tomb was covered with laurels, whose boughs,
as is reported, when carried on board a ship, caused uncommon
dissensions among the sailors. _Pliny_, bk. 5, ch. 32.――_Arrian._
=Amy̆cla=, a daughter of Niobe, who, with her sister Melibœa, was
spared by Diana, when her mother boasted herself greater than Diana.
_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 22.――――Homer says that all the daughters
perished. _Iliad_, bk. 24. _See:_ Niobe.――――The nurse of Alcibiades.
=Amy̆clæ=, a town of Italy between Caieta and Tarracina, built by
the companions of Castor and Pollux. The inhabitants were strict
followers of the precepts of Pythagoras, and therefore abstained
from flesh. They were killed by serpents, which they thought impious
to destroy, though in their own defence. _Pliny_, bk. 8, ch. 29.
Once a report prevailed in Amyclæ that the enemies were coming to
storm it; upon which the inhabitants made a law that forbade such
a report to be credited, and when the enemy really arrived, no one
mentioned it, or took up arms in his own defence, and the town was
easily taken. From this circumstance the epithet of _tacitæ_ has
been given to Amyclæ. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 10, li. 564.――_Silius
Italicus_, bk. 8, li. 529.――――A city of Peloponnesus, built by
Amyclas. Castor and Pollux were born there. The country was famous
for dogs. Apollo, called Amyclæus, had a rich and magnificent temple
there, surrounded with delightful groves. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 18.
――_Statius_, _Thebiad_, bk. 4, li. 223.――_Strabo_, bk. 8.――_Virgil_,
_Georgics_, bk. 3, li. 345.――_Ovid_, _de Ars Amatoria_, bk. 2, li. 5.
=Amyclæus=, a statuary. _Pausanias_, bk. 10, ch. 13.――――A surname of
Apollo.
=Amyclas=, son of Lacedæmon and Sparta, built the city of Amyclæ.
His sister Eurydice married Acrisius king of Argos, by whom she had
Danae. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 1; bk. 7, ch. 18.――――The master of a
ship in which Cæsar embarked in disguise. When Amyclas wished to put
back to avoid a violent storm, Cæsar, unveiling his head, discovered
himself, and bidding the pilot pursue his voyage, exclaimed, _Cæsarem
vehis, Cæsarisque fortunam_. _Lucan_, bk. 5, li. 520.
=Amy̆cus=, son of Neptune by Melia, or Bithynis, according to others,
was king of the Bebryces. He was famous for his skill in the
management of the cestus, and he challenged all strangers to a trial
of strength. When the Argonauts, in their expedition, stopped on
his coasts, he treated them with great kindness, and Pollux accepted
his challenge, and killed him when he attempted to overcome him by
fraud. _Apollonius_, bk. 2, _Argonautica_.――_Theocritus_, _Idylls_,
poem 22.――_Apollonius_, bk. 1, ch. 9.――――One of the companions of
Æneas, who almost perished in a storm on the coast of Africa. He
was killed by Turnus. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 1, li. 225; bk. 9,
li. 772.――――Another, likewise killed by Turnus. _Ibis_, bk. 12,
li. 509.――――A son of Ixion and the cloud.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_,
bk. 12, li. 245.
=Amy̆don=, a city of Pæonia in Macedonia, which sent auxiliaries to
Priam during the Trojan war. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 2.
=Amȳmōne=, daughter of Danaus and Europa, married Enceladus son
of Ægyptus, whom she murdered the first night of her nuptials.
She wounded a satyr with an arrow which she had aimed at a stag.
The satyr pursued her, and even offered her violence, but Neptune
delivered her. It was said that she was the only one of the 50
sisters who was not condemned to fill a leaky tub with water in
hell, because she had been continually employed, by order of her
father, in supplying the city of Argos with water in a great drought.
Neptune saw her in this employment, and was enamoured of her. He
carried her away, and in the place where she stood, he raised a
fountain by striking a rock. The fountain has been called Amymone.
She had Nauplius by Neptune. _Propertius_, bk. 2, poem 26, li. 46.
――_Apollodorus_, bk. 2.――_Strabo_, bk. 8.――_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch.
37.――_Ovid_, _Amores_, bk. 1, li. 515.――_Hyginus_, fable 169.――――A
fountain and rivulet of Peloponnesus, flowing through Argolis into
the lake of Lerna. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 2, li. 240.
=Amyntas I.=, was king of Macedonia after his father Alcetas. His son
Alexander murdered the ambassadors of Megabyzus, for their wanton
and insolent behaviour to the ladies of his father’s court. Bubares,
a Persian general, was sent with an army to revenge the death of
the ambassadors; but instead of making war, he married the king’s
daughter, and defended his possessions. _Justin_, bk. 7, ch. 3.
――_Herodotus_, bks. 5, 7, & 8.――――The second of that name was son
of Menelaus, and king of Macedonia after his murder of Pausanias.
He was expelled by the Illyrians, and restored by the Thessalians
and Spartans. He made war against the Illyrians and Olynthians, and
lived to a great age. His wife Eurydice conspired against his life;
but her snares were seasonably discovered by one of his daughters
by a former wife. He had Alexander, Perdiccas, and Philip, Alexander
the Great’s father, by his first wife; and by the other he had
Archelaus, Aridæus, and Menelaus. He reigned 24 years; and soon
after his death his son Philip murdered all his brothers, and
ascended the throne.――_Justin_, bk. 7, chs. 4 & 9.――_Diodorus_,
bk. 14, &c.――_Cornelius Nepos_ & _Plutarch_, _Pelopidas_.――――There
is another king of Macedonia of the same name, but of his life
few particulars are recorded in history.――――A man who succeeded
Dejotarus, in the kingdom of Gallogræcia. After his death it
became a Roman province under Augustus. _Strabo_, bk. 12.――――One
of Alexander’s officers.――――Another officer who deserted to Darius,
and was killed as he attempted to seize Egypt. _Curtius_, bk. 3,
ch. 9.――――A son of Antiochus, who withdrew himself from Macedonia,
because he hated Alexander.――――An officer in Alexander’s cavalry.
He had two brothers, called Simias and Polemon. He was accused of a
conspiracy against the king, on account of his great intimacy with
Philotas, and acquitted. _Curtius_, bk. 4, ch. 15; bk. 6, ch. 9;
bk. 8, ch. 12.――――A shepherd’s name in Virgil’s _Eclogues_.――――A
Greek writer who composed several works quoted by Athenæus, 10 & 12.
=Amyntiānus=, an historian in the age of Antoninus, who wrote a
treatise in commendation of Philip, Olympias, and Alexander.
=Amyntor=, a king of Argos, son of Phrastor. He deprived his son
Phœnix of his eyes, to punish him for the violence which he had
offered to Clytia his concubine. _Hyginus_, fable 173.――_Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 8, li. 307.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 3.――_Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 9.――――A general of the Dolopes. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_,
bk. 12, li. 364.――――A son of Ægyptus, killed by Damone the first
night of his marriage. _Hyginus_, fable 170.
=Amyris=, a man of Sybaris, who consulted the oracle of Delphi
concerning the probable duration of his country’s prosperity, &c.
=Amyrīcus Campus=, a plain of Thessaly. _Polybius_, bk. 3.
=Amyrius=, a king by whom Cyrus was killed in a battle. _Ctesias._
=Amy̆rus=, a town of Thessaly.――――A river mentioned by _Valerius
Flaccus_, bk. 2, li. 11.
=Amystis=, a river of India falling into the Ganges. _Arrian_, _Indica_.
=Amythāon=, a son of Cretheus king of Iolchos, by Tyro. He married
Idomene, by whom he had Bias and Melampus. After his father’s death,
he established himself in Messenia with his brother Neleus, and
re-established or regulated the Olympic games. Melampus is called
_Amythaonius_, from his father Amythaon. _Virgil_, _Georgics_,
bk. 3, li. 550.――_Diodorus_, bk. 4.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 1.――_Homer_,
_Odyssey_, bk. 11.――――A son of Hippasus, who assisted Priam in the
Trojan war, and was killed by Lycomedes. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 17.
=Amytis=, a daughter of Astyages, whom Cyrus married. _Ctesias._――――A
daughter of Xerxes, who married Megabyzus, and disgraced herself by
her debaucheries.
=Anăces=, or =Anactes=, a name given to Castor and Pollux among
the Athenians. Their festivals were called Anaceia. _Plutarch_,
_Theseus_.――_Cicero_, _de Natura Deorum_, bk. 3, ch. 21.