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Amphictyon or Amphiktyon (/æmˈfɪkti.ɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφικτύων), in Greek mythology, was a king of Thermopylae and later Athens.
The name of Amphictyon has a back-formation from Amphictyons, plural, from Latin Amphictyones, from Greek Amphiktyones, Amphiktiones, literally, "neighbors" or "those dwelling around" from amphi- + -ktyones, -ktiones (from ktizein to found); akin to Sanskrit kṣeti he dwells, kṣiti abode, Avestan shitish dwelling, Armenian šen inhabited, cultivated.
Amphictyon was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth); he is also said to be a son of Hellen son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. Amphictyon was king of Thermopylae and married a daughter of Cranaus of Athens. According to some accounts this daughter was named Atthis, although this conflicts with other accounts which relate that she died young as an unmarried virgin. Amphictyon eventually deposed Cranaus, proclaiming himself king of Athens.
Amphictyon had a son, Itonus, who in his turn became the father of Boeotus, Iodame and Chromia by Melanippe. He also had a daughter, never mentioned by name, who became the mother of Cercyon by Poseidon, and of Triptolemus by Rarus. Some add that Amphictyon had another son, Physcus, by Chthonopatra, daughter of his brother Hellen. others, however, state that Physcus was the grandson of Amphictyon through Aetolus.
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bg: Амфиктион; bn: আম্ফিক্তিয়ন; br: Amfiktyon; ca: Amficcíon; cs: Amfiktyón; de: Amphiktyon; el: Αμφικτύονας; en: Amphictyon; eo: Amfiktiono; es: Anfictión; eu: Anfiktion; fi: Amfiktyon; fr: Amphictyon; hr: Amfiktion; hy: Ամփիկտիոն; it: Anfizione; ja: アムピクテュオーン; ko: 암픽티온; nl: Amphiktyon; pt: Anfictião; ro: Amphictyon; ru: Амфиктион; sh: Amfiktion; sk: Amfiktyón; sr: Амфиктион; tr: Amphictyon; uk: Амфіктіон
