Amphion

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Ἀμφίων, -ονος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Amphīon: ŏnis, m., = Ἀμφίων,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Amphīōn,¹³ ŏnis, m. (Ἀμφίων), Amphion [qui bâtit Thèbes en faisant mouvoir les pierres aux sons de sa lyre] : Hor. P. 394 || -īŏnĭus, a, um, d’Amphion : Prop. 1, 9, 10.