Amphithea

Amphithea

Amphithea is the name of four women in Greek mythology

1. Amphithea, wife of Lycurgus, king of Nemea, and mother of Opheltes (afterwards he was called Archemorus) [Apollodorus, The Library, 1.9.14 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html] ]

2. Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She married Adrastus and was the mother of Argea, Deipyle, Aegialia, Aegialeus and Cyanippus. [Apollodorus, The Library, 1.9.13 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html] ]

3. Amphithea, wife of Autolycus and mother of Anticlea, Perimede, and a number of sons, including Aesimus, father of Sinon. [Homer, Odyssey, 19.412 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerOdyssey19.html] ]

4. Amphithea, wife of Aeolus, and mother of six sons and six daughters, the youngest boy being Macareus, who made his sister Canace pregnant. Both he and his sister killed themselves. [Pseudo-Plutarch, 28 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/PlutarchParallelStories.html] ]

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