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|Text=[[Ἀμφίων]], -ονος, ὁ.|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1001.jpg}}]]Ἀμφίων, -ονος, ὁ.
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|lshtext=<b>Amphīon</b>: ŏnis, m., = [[Ἀμφίων]],<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of Antiope by Jupiter, [[king]] of [[Thebes]], and [[husband]] of [[Niobe]]; [[renowned]] for his [[music]]. by the magical [[power]] of [[which]] the stones came [[together]] for the [[building]] of the walls of [[Thebes]], Hyg. Fab. 6 and 7; Hor. A. P. 394. He killed [[himself]] on [[account]] of [[grief]] for the [[loss]] of his children, [[who]] had been [[slain]] by the arrows of [[Apollo]] and [[Diana]], Ov. M. 6, 221; 6, 271; 6, 402: Amphionis arces, i. e. [[Thebes]], id. ib. 15, 427.—Whence, Amphīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Amphionian: Amphioniae lyrae, Prop. 1, 9, 10.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Amphīōn</b>,¹³ ŏnis, m. ([[Ἀμφίων]]), [[Amphion]] [qui bâtit Thèbes en faisant mouvoir les pierres aux [[sons]] de sa lyre] : Hor. P. 394 &#124;&#124; <b>-īŏnĭus</b>, a, um, d’[[Amphion]] : Prop. 1, 9, 10.||<b>-īŏnĭus</b>, a, um, d’[[Amphion]] : Prop. 1, 9, 10.
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{{Georges
|georg=Amphīōn, onis, Akk. onem u. ([[bei]] Dichtern) ona, m. ([[Ἀμφίων]]), [[Sohn]] [[des]] [[Jupiter]] u. der Antiope, der [[Tochter]] [[des]] thebanischen Nykteus, [[von]] der [[Mutter]] in der [[Gefangenschaft]] [[bei]] Lykus [[mit]] seinem [[Zwillingsbruder]] [[Zethus]] geboren u. ausgesetzt, [[von]] einem Rinderhirten gefunden u. erzogen, bildete [[sich]], [[von]] [[Merkur]] (od. [[Apollo]]) [[mit]] [[einer]] [[Lyra]] beschenkt, zum [[Meister]] im [[Gesang]] u. Lyraspiel aus ( Verg. ecl. 2, 24), [[während]] der [[Bruder]], [[ganz]] [[verschieden]] an [[Charakter]] (Hor. ep. 1, 18, 41), Hirt u. [[Jäger]] wurde. Antiope, [[inzwischen]] in ihrer [[Haft]] [[von]] der Dirke aus [[Eifersucht]] mißhandelt, bricht [[mit]] [[Hilfe]] Jupiters ihre Fesseln u. entflieht zu ihren Söhnen. Diese [[erkennen]] die [[Mutter]] ([[nach]] einigem [[Weigern]] [[von]] Seiten [[des]] [[Zethus]], s. [[Prop]]. 3, 13, 29. Hyg. fab. 8) an, [[ziehen]] [[gegen]] Theben, [[töten]] den Lykus u. [[lassen]] die Dirke an [[einen]] [[Stier]] [[binden]] u. zu Tode [[schleifen]] (s. die Hauptst. Prop. 3, 13, 11 sqq.). Sie [[reißen]] [[hierauf]] die [[Herrschaft]] [[von]] Theben an [[sich]] u. [[befestigen]] die [[Stadt]] Theben [[mit]] [[einer]] [[Burg]], [[wobei]] die Felsen [[des]] Kithäron den Zaubertönen [[des]] [[Amphion]] [[folgen]] u. [[sich]] [[von]] [[selbst]] zu [[einer]] [[Mauer]] [[zusammenfügen]] ( Hor. carm. 3, 11, 1 sqq.; de art. poët. 394): dah. Amphionis arces, die thebanischen, Ov. [[met]]. 15, 427. – [[Amphion]] heiratete die [[Niobe]], [[des]] [[Tantalus]] [[Tochter]], die ihm [[mehrere]] Söhne u. Töchter gebar; [[als]] [[sich]] [[aber]] [[Niobe]] der [[Latona]] [[gegenüber]] ihrer [[Fruchtbarkeit]] zu [[sehr]] rühmte, wurden alle ihre Kinder [[vor]] ihren Augen [[durch]] Apollos u. [[Dianas]] Pfeile getötet. Aus [[Gram]] [[über]] den [[Verlust]] seiner Kinder entleibte [[sich]] [[Amphion]] [[mit]] dem eigenen [[Schwert]], Ov. [[met]]. 6, 270; vgl. übh. Hyg. fab. 7 sqq. – [[Niobe]] wurde [[auf]] dem einsamen Felsen [[des]] [[Sipylos]] in [[einen]] [[Stein]] verwandelt u. fühlte [[selbst]] [[als]] [[Stein]] [[noch]] das [[Leid]], das [[ihr]] die Götter zugefügt, Ov. [[met]]. 6, 155 sqq.; vgl. Hyg. fab. 7 sqq. – Pacuvianus Amphio, [[Amphion]] in der [[nach]] ihm benannten [[Tragödie]] [[des]] Pakuvius, Cic. de div. 2, 133. – Dav. Amphīonius, a, um, amphionisch, [[des]] [[Amphion]], [[lyra]], Prop.: [[pecten]], Sil.: [[ars]], [[Musik]], [[Sidon]]. – u. poet. = thebanisch, [[palaestra]], Claud.: [[canes]], Sen. poët.
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|wketx=# [[Amphion]], son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). Together, they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city. 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, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
# Amphion, son of King Iasus of Orchomenus, son of Persephone, daughter of Minyas. He became the father of Chloris, wife of Neleus and Phylomache, wife of Pelias; these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon. This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus, in Boeotia.
# Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas. From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis. In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother while Hippasus was said to be their father.
# Amphion of Elis, an 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.
# Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius. He was killed by Aeneas.
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