Editing Amphion (section)

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There are several characters named '''Amphion'''<ref>{{IPAc-en|æ|m|ˈ|f|aɪ|.|ɒ|n}} ({{Langx|grc|Ἀμφίων|Amphīōn}} "native of two lands",(Graves, p. 669) derived from ἀμφί ''amphi'' "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near", Latin ''Amphīon'', adjective Amphionian)</ref> in [[Greek mythology]]:
[[File:Amphion, from Tableaux du temple des Muses.jpg|thumb|Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving]]
* Amphion, son of [[Zeus]] and [[Antiope (mother of Amphion)|Antiope]], and twin brother of Zethus (see [[Amphion and Zethus]]).<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:11.225-11.270 11.260&ndash;3]; ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]'' [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/amphion-e118730 s.v. Amphion]; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38.</ref> Together, they are famous for building [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]]. [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D20%3Asection%3D18 6.20.18]</ref> Amphion married [[Niobe]], and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the [[Niobids]]) at the hands of [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]]. [[Diodorus Siculus]] calls [[Chloris]] his daughter,<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.68.6</ref> but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
* Amphion, king of the [[Minyans|Minyan]] [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]] and son of [[Iasus]].  By [[Persephone]], daughter of [[Minyas (mythology)|Minyas]], he became the father of [[Chloris of Pylos|Chloris]], wife of [[Neleus]]<ref>[[Scholia]] ad Homer, ''Odyssey'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain06dindgoog/page/496/mode/1up?view=theater 11.281] citing [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA338 fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.9</ref> and [[Philomache|Phylomache]], wife of [[Pelias]];<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Phylomache 1.9.10]</ref> these husbands are sons of [[Tyro]] and [[Poseidon]].
* Amphion, son of [[Hyperasius]], son of [[Pellen (mythology)|Pelles]], son of [[Phorbas of Thessaly|Phorbas]].<ref>Pausanias, 7.26.12</ref> From [[Achaeans (tribe)|Achaean]] [[Pellene]], he and his brother [[Asterius (mythology)|Asterius]] were counted among the [[Argonauts]] that sailed to [[Colchis]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.176</ref> In two separate accounts, [[Hypso]] was called their mother<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], 1.367</ref> while [[Hippasus (mythology)|Hippasus]] was said to be their father.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 14</ref>
* Amphion of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], an [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaean]] warrior who took part in the [[Trojan War]] on the side of the Greeks. He was a commander of the Epeans, together with [[Meges]] and [[Dracius]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 13.685–93</ref>
*Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect [[Epeius]]. He was killed by [[Aeneas]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 10.111</ref>
*Amphion, centaur who attended [[Pirithous]]' wedding, fought against the [[Lapiths]], tried to plunder [[Pholus (mythology)|Pholus]] of his wine and was killed by [[Heracles]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7</ref>