Amphidamas is the name of six men in
Greek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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Amphidamas, son of
AleusAleus was in Greek mythology a son of Apheidas, and grandson of Arcas. He was king of Tegea in Arcadia, and married to Neaera, and is said to have founded the town of Alea and the first temple of Athena Alea at Tegea. He had a son, Lycurgus, and two daughters, Auge and Alcidice....
and Cleobule. He was one of the
ArgonautsIn Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
, along with his brother
CepheusIn Greek mythology, Cepheus was ruler of the Phoenician nation of Aethiopia.Cepheus' parentage is usually given as Belus and Achiroe, making him the brother of Danaus, King of Libya, and Aegyptus, King of Egypt...
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Amphidamas, father of Nausidame. Nausidame bore
HeliosIn Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
a son,
AugeasIn Greek mythology, Augeas , whose name means "bright", was king of Elis and husband of Epicaste. Augeas was one of the Argonauts....
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Amphidamas, son of
LycurgusLycurgus or Lykurgus may refer to:* People:** Lycurgus of Sparta, creator of constitution of Sparta** Lycurgus of Athens, one of the ten notable orators at Athens, ** Lycurgus , king** Lycurgus , king...
by either Cleophyle or
EurynomeIn Greek mythology, there were many women with the name Eurynomê , with the possible significance "far-wandering" .#The Oceanid, or daughter of Oceanus...
. Amphidamas had two children: Melanion and Antimache, who married
EurystheusIn Greek mythology, Eurystheus was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid: Sthenelus was his father and the "victorious horsewoman" Nicippe his mother, and he was a grandson of the hero Perseus, as was his opponent Heracles. He was married to Antimache, daughter of...
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Mythology
Amphidamas is the name of six men in
Greek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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1.
Amphidamas, son of
AleusAleus was in Greek mythology a son of Apheidas, and grandson of Arcas. He was king of Tegea in Arcadia, and married to Neaera, and is said to have founded the town of Alea and the first temple of Athena Alea at Tegea. He had a son, Lycurgus, and two daughters, Auge and Alcidice....
and Cleobule. He was one of the
ArgonautsIn Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
, along with his brother
CepheusIn Greek mythology, Cepheus was ruler of the Phoenician nation of Aethiopia.Cepheus' parentage is usually given as Belus and Achiroe, making him the brother of Danaus, King of Libya, and Aegyptus, King of Egypt...
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Amphidamas, father of Nausidame. Nausidame bore
HeliosIn Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
a son,
AugeasIn Greek mythology, Augeas , whose name means "bright", was king of Elis and husband of Epicaste. Augeas was one of the Argonauts....
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Amphidamas, son of
LycurgusLycurgus or Lykurgus may refer to:* People:** Lycurgus of Sparta, creator of constitution of Sparta** Lycurgus of Athens, one of the ten notable orators at Athens, ** Lycurgus , king** Lycurgus , king...
by either Cleophyle or
EurynomeIn Greek mythology, there were many women with the name Eurynomê , with the possible significance "far-wandering" .#The Oceanid, or daughter of Oceanus...
. Amphidamas had two children: Melanion and Antimache, who married
EurystheusIn Greek mythology, Eurystheus was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid: Sthenelus was his father and the "victorious horsewoman" Nicippe his mother, and he was a grandson of the hero Perseus, as was his opponent Heracles. He was married to Antimache, daughter of...
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Amphidamas, son of
BusirisBusiris or Bousiris may mean several different things, including:Greek mythology*Busiris , a mythical king of Egyptplaces*Busiris , a large ancient city of Egypt, capital of its nome...
, king of
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
. He was killed, alongside his father, by
HeraclesIn Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles , Alcides or Alcaeus , was a divine hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...
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Amphidamas, father of Clitonymus, who was killed by
PatroclusIn Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos , was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and was Achilles’ beloved comrade.- Patroclus’ genealogy :...
over a game of dice
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Amphidamas, one of the men hidden in the
Trojan horseThe Trojan Horse was a tale from the Trojan War, as told in Virgil's Latin epic poem The Aeneid. The events in this story from the Bronze Age took place after Homer's Iliad, and before Homer's Odyssey. It was the stratagem that allowed the Greeks finally to enter the city of Troy and end the...
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History
- Amphidamas is the name of an historical king of Chalcis
Chalcis or Chalkida, Halkida, Halkis or Chalkis , the chief town of the island of Euboea in Greece, is situated on the strait of the Evripos at its narrowest point...
, death, about 730 b.C., after Lelantine WarThe Lelantine War was a long military conflict between the two ancient Greek city states Chalkis and Eretria that took place in the early Archaic period, between circa 710 and 650 BC. The reason for war was, according to tradition, the struggle for the fertile Lelantine Plain on the island of Euboea...
, whose burial ceremony being associated with the poetic agonAgon is an ancient Greek word with several meanings:*In one sense, it meant a contest, competition, or challenge that was held in connection with religious festivals....
mentioned by HesiodHesiod was a Greek oral poet. His date is uncertain but leading scholars , agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the eighth century BCE. Since at least Herodotus's time , Hesiod and Homer have generally been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived, and they are often...
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