Amphialus (son of Polyneus)
Amphialus ( ancient Greek Ἀμφίαλος ) is a person of Greek mythology .
He is in the Odyssey of Homer one of the Phaeacians , which at one Agon in honor of Odysseus participate. After Odysseus lands on the coast of Scherias , Alcinous and Arete promise to bring him back to Ithaca . Before that, an agon is held in his honor, in which, in addition to Amphialos, Akroneos , Okyalos , Elatreus , Nauteus , Prymneus , Anchialos , Eretmeus , Anabesineos , Ponteus , Thoon , Euryalos , Naubolides and finally the three sons of Alcinous Laodamas , Halios and Klytoneos . He is presented as the son of Polyneos and grandson of Tekton , from the competitions he emerges as the winner in the long jump .
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Amphialus 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 293 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Amphialus 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1885.