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Definitions of amphion in various dictionaries:

The son of Zeus and the twin brother of Zethus, with whom he built a wall around Thebes by charming the stones into place with the music of his magical lyre.

AMPHION - There are several characters named Amphion (Ancient Greek: derived from amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, a...

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Possible Crossword Clues
He kept harping on the wall at Thebes
Son of Zeus and Antiope who built Thebes

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Apr 5 2010 The Telegraph - General Knowledge
Feb 20 2009 The Times - Specialist

Geographic Matches
Amphion, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
Amphion, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

Amphion description
There are several characters named Amphion (Ancient Greek: derived from amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near") in Greek mythology:* Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). Together they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city. Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the Niobids) at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below). * Amphion, son of Iasus and Persephone (a mortal woman, not the wife of Hades). This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus, in Boeotia. * Amphion, son of Hyperasius; he and his brother Asterius were Argonauts. * Amphion the Epean, of

Amphion description

There are several characters named Amphion (Ancient Greek: derived from amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near") in Greek mythology:* Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). Together they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city. Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the Niobids) at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
* Amphion, son of Iasus and Persephone (a mortal woman, not the wife of Hades). This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus, in Boeotia.
* Amphion, son of Hyperasius; he and his brother Asterius were Argonauts.
* Amphion the Epean, of

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