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Amphion (ăm`fēən): see Antiope 1 Theban princess, daughter of Nycteus. She was seduced by Zeus and bore him twin sons, Zethus and Amphion. Fleeing to Sicyon to escape the wrath of her father, she was forced to abandon her infants on Mt. Cithaeron, where they were raised by shepherds. ..... Click the link for more information. (1.) Amphion his music so powerful that stones for a wall are moved into place. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 32] See : Music How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two sons Amphion and Zethus. Orpheus and Amphion went a little farther, and by the charms of music enchanted things merely inanimate. 2: Hesiod says that (the children of Amphion and Niobe) were ten sons and ten daughters. |
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