Amphidamas
Amphidamas
Set of mythological Greek characters
Amphidamas (/æmˈfɪdəməs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιδάμας) was the name of multiple people in Greek mythology:
- Amphidamas, father of Pelagon, king of Phocis, who gave Cadmus the cow that was to guide him to Boeotia.[1]
- Amphidamas or Amphidamantes, father of Clytia who was the possible mother of Pelops and Tantalus' other children.[2]
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[3] an Arcadian prince as son of King Aleus and either Neaera or Cleobule. He was one of the Argonauts, along with his brother Cepheus.[4]
- Amphidamas, an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycurgus by either Cleophyle or Eurynome, and thus brother of Ancaeus, Epochus and Iasus. Amphidamas had two children: Hippomenes, the husband of Atalanta, and Antimache who married King Eurystheus of Tiryns.[5]
- Amphidamas, father of Nausidame who bore Helios a son, Augeas, king of Elis.[4]
- Amphidamas or Iphidamas,[6] son of Busiris, king of Egypt,[7] and possible brother of Melite.[8] He was killed, alongside his father, by Heracles of whom they tried to sacrifice.[7] Some accounts, added the herald Chalbes and the attendants to the list of those slain by the hero.[6]
- Amphidamas, a man from Cythera who was given by Autolycus a helmet to take to Scandea. This cap was previously stolen by the famous thief from the stout-built house of Amyntor, son of Ormenus. Amphidamas gave the item as a guest-gift to Molus who in turn, gave it to his son Meriones to wear. Later on, Odysseus received the helmet from Meriones himself.[9]
- Amphidamas or Amphidamus,[10] a native of Opus and father of Clitonymus, who was killed by Patroclus over a game of dice.[11] In some accounts, the name of the slain man was variously given as Clisonymus[12] or Aeanes.[13]
- Amphidamas, one of the men hidden in the Trojan horse.[14]
- Amphidamas, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.[15] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. Along with the Ithacan king and six others namely: Lycaon, Amphialos, Alkimos, Antilochus and Eurylochos, Amphidamas survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.[16]
