Ampyx
In Greek mythology, Ampyx (Ancient Greek: Ἄμπυξ) or Ampycus (Ἄμπυκος Ampykos means 'woman's diadem, frontlet') was the name of the following figures:
- Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce[1] was a Titaresian seer, the son of Elatus[2] or Titairon, eponymous founder of the town of Titaron[3]. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris (daughter of Orchomenus[4]) or Aregonis.[5] His son Mopsus joined the Argonauts after he was slain.[6]
- Ampyx, father of the seer Idmon in some texts.[7] 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, an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses[8] 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.[9]
- Ampyx, son of Pelias, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Areus, Ampyx became the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patrae.[10]
Other use[edit]
- In hair care, an ampyx (ἄμπυξ) is a headband, often made of metal.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 180
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 128
- ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 881
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 881 & 980
- ^ Argonautica Orphica 127 & 948; Pausanias, 5.17.10
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Argonautica Orphica 721
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.110
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.450
- ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
References[edit]
- 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.
- Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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