Ampyx
In Greek mythology, Ampyx, Amycus or Ampycus (alt. "Ampykos") (Ancient Greek: Ἄμπυξ) was the name of the following figures:
- Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce[1] was a seer, the son of Elatus from Titaresia. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris or Aregonis.[2] He was also called a descendant of Ares, without mentioning who his father was.[1] Appears in Orpheus's, Argonautica,[3] Pausanias's Description of Greece,[4] Hyginus's Fabulae.[5]
- Ampyx, was named as father of the seer Idmon in some texts.[6] Otherwise, Idmon was called the son of Abas or the god Apollo by Antianeira. Not to be confused with the above-mentioned Ampyx who was the father of another seer, Mopsus.
- Ampyx or Ampycus was an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses[7] and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
- Ampyx or Amycus, son of Opinion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses.[8]
- Ampyx, an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae through his grandson, Agenor who became the grandfather of Patreas. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece.[9]
Other use
- In hair care, an ampyx is a headband, often made of metal.
References
- 1 2 Hesiod.Shield of Heracle 180. Translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914.
- ↑ Argonautica Orphica,127
- ↑ Orpheus. Argonautica, 948.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 5.17.10.
- ↑ Hyginus. Fabulae. Book 14, 128.
- ↑ Argonautica Orphica, 721
- ↑ Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book 5, 110.
- ↑ Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book 12, 450.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.18.5.
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