Amphidamas (/æmˈfɪdəməs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιδάμας) was the name of multiple people in Greek mythology:
- Amphidamas, father of Pelagon, king of Phocis, who gave Cadmus the cow that was to guide him to Boeotia.[1]
- Amphidamas or Amphidamantes, father of Clytia who was the possible mother of Pelops and Tantalus' other children.[2]
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[3] an Arcadian prince as son of King Aleus and either Neaera or Cleobule. He was one of the Argonauts, along with his brother Cepheus.[4]
- Amphidamas, an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycurgus by either Cleophyle or Eurynome, and thus brother of Ancaeus, Epochus and Iasus. Amphidamas had two children: Melanion, the husband of Atalanta, and Antimache who married King Eurystheus of Tiryns.[5]
- Amphidamas, father of Nausidame who bore Helios a son, Augeas, king of Elis.[4]
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[6] son of Busiris, king of Egypt,[7] and possible brother of Melite.[8] He was killed, alongside his father, by Heracles of whom they tried to sacrifice.[7] Some accounts, added the herald Chalbes and the attendants to the list of those slain by the hero.[6]
- Amphidamas, a man from Cythera who was given by Autolycus a helmet to take to Scandea. This cap was previously stolen by the famous thief from the stout-built house of Amyntor, son of Ormenus. Amphidamas gave the item as a guest-gift to Molus who in turn, gave it to his son Meriones to wear. Later on, Odysseus received the helmet from Meriones himself.[9]
- Amphidamas or Amphidamus,[10] a native of Opus and father of Clitonymus, who was killed by Patroclus over a game of dice.[11] In some accounts, the name of the slain man was variously given as Clisonymus[12] or Aeanes.[13]
- Amphidamas, one of the men hidden in the Trojan horse.[14]
- Amphidamas, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.[15] 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, Amphialos, Alkimos, Antilochus and Eurylochos, Amphidamas survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.[16]
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- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 638
- ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 11 from Pherecydes, fr. 93
- ^ The Orphic Argonautica 138
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.2
- ^ a b Scholia as Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1396
- ^ a b Apollodorus, 2.5.11
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 157
- ^ Homer, Iliad 10.254 ff
- ^ Homer, Iliad 23.87
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.8
- ^ Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 12.1
- ^ Strabo, 9.4.2
- ^ Tryphiodorus, 182 ff
- ^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 141, 9.141. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
- ^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 141, 9.135–140. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
References
edit- 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.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Tryphiodorus, Capture of Troy translated by Mair, A. W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 219. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1928. Online version at theoi.com
- Tryphiodorus, Capture of Troy with an English Translation by A.W. Mair. London, William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4
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