Amphidamas
Amphidamas (/æmˈfɪdəməs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιδάμας) was the name of six men in Greek mythology:
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[1] son of Aleus and Cleobule. He was one of the Argonauts, along with his brother Cepheus.[2]
- Amphidamas, son of Lycurgus by either Cleophyle or Eurynome. Amphidamas had two children: Hippomenes, the husband of Atalanta, and Antimache who married Eurystheus.[3]
- Amphidamas, father of Nausidame who bore Helios a son, Augeas, king of Elis.[2]
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[4] son of Busiris, king of Egypt and possible brother of Melite.[2] He was killed, alongside his father, by Heracles of whom they tried to sacrifice.[5] Some accounts, added the herald Chalbes and the attendants to the list of those slain by the hero.[4]
- Amphidamas or Amphidamus,[6] a native of Opus and father of Clitonymus, who was killed by Patroclus over a game of dice.[7] In some accounts, the name of the slain lad was variously given as Clisonymus[8] or Aeanes.[9]
- Amphidamas, one of the men hidden in the Trojan horse.[10]
- 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.[11]
- Amphidamas, father of Pelagon, king of Phocis, who gave Cadmus the cow that was to guide him to Boeotia.[12]
Notes
- The Orphic Argonautica 138, translated by Jason Colavito, derived from his text at argonauts-book.com, copyright 2011, used by permission of the translator. The Greek text is available at PoesiaLatina.it. A pedantic work of the 4th c. CE, full of geographic references.
- Hyginus, Fabulae 157
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.9.2
- Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonautica, 4.1396
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.5.11
- Homer. Iliad, 23.87
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.8
- Scholiast on Homer. Iliad, 12.1
- Strabo, Geographica 9.4.2
- Tryphiodorus, The Taking of Ilios 182 ff
- Homer, Iliad 10.254 ff
- Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 638
References
- 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.
- Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
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