Amphidamas (Egypt)
Amphidamas ( ancient Greek Ἀμφιδάμας Amphidámas , also Ἰφιδάμας Iphidámas ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
He is the son of the Egyptian king Busiris . As the priest of Osiris , Busiris is obliged to bring a human sacrifice to God every year. In preparation for this he succeeds in overpowering Heracles , who is now about to be sacrificed. Heracles, however, is able to free himself and kills Busiris and Amphidamas. Pherecydes narrates as the name Iphidamas.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 5, 11 (after Callimachos ' Aitia ).
- ↑ Pherekydes in a Scholion to Apollonios Rhodios , Argonautika 4, 1396.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Amphidamas 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 303 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen : Amphidamas 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1899.
- Otto Höfer : Iphidamas 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 298 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Kroll : Iphidamas 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 2, Stuttgart 1916, column 2017 ( digitized version ).
