Ampheres

Ampheres

Ampheres

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For the arachnid genus, see Ampheres (harvestman).

In Greek mythology, Ampheres (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφήρη means "fitted") was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato's myth of Atlantis.[1] He was the elder brother of Evaemon and his other siblings were Atlas and Eumelus, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes.[2]

Mythology

Ampheres (not the symbol of a Ammeter), along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Plato, Critias 113d
  2. [2]
    Plato, Critias 114a-c
  3. [3]
    Plato, Critias 114d

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