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|lshtext=<b>Amphĭărāus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἀμφιάραος]] | |lshtext=<b>Amphĭărāus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἀμφιάραος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[distinguished]] Grecian [[seer]], [[father]] of Alcmœon and [[Amphilochus]]. Knowing [[that]] he [[was]] doomed to [[lose]] his [[life]] in the Theban [[war]], he [[concealed]] [[himself]] in his [[house]]; [[but]] his [[wife]], [[Eriphyle]], [[was]] prevailed [[upon]] to [[betray]] him by the [[offer]] of a [[golden]] [[necklace]], and he [[was]] compelled by [[Polynices]] to [[accompany]] him to the [[war]], [[where]] he [[was]] swallowed up, [[with]] his [[chariot]], in the [[earth]], Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br /> <b>A</b> Amphĭărēus ([[five]] syll.), a, um, adj., Amphiarian: [[quadrigae]] Amphiariae, Prop. 3, 32, 39.—<br /> <b>B</b> Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a [[male]] [[descendant]] of [[Amphiaraus]], i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes). | ||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀμφιάρεως (sometimes scanned as four syllables, Eur., Supp. 158), -εω, ὁ, V. also Ἀμφιάραος (Eur., Phoen. 173), or use Οἰκλείδης, -ου, ὁ, or say, son of Oecles.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Amphĭărāus: i, m., = Ἀμφιάραος,
I a distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmœon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house; but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth, Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.—
II Derivv.
A Amphĭărēus (five syll.), a, um, adj., Amphiarian: quadrigae Amphiariae, Prop. 3, 32, 39.—
B Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes).
