Amphilochus (son of Amphiaraos)
Amphilochus ( ancient Greek Ἀμφίλοχος Amphílochos ), the son of Amphiaraos and the Eriphyle , was like his father and older brother Alkmaion , a famous seer. After the death of his father, he became king of Argos .
myth
Train of the Epigones
His father moved, although he foresaw his death, with Adrastos in the war against Thebes because he was engaged by Eriphyle it. Therefore he asked his two sons to kill them and to throw war on Thebes when they were old enough. Thebes remained unconquered and Amphiaraos died.
Ten years later, the sons of the fallen generals, the so-called Epigones, including the two brothers Amphilochus and Alkmaion, marched against Thebes. This time the city fell. Alkmaion killed his mother. Whether or not Amphilochus was involved is not reported unanimously.
Trojan war
As a suitor of Helen , he had vowed to protect her and so he was obliged to take part in the Trojan War. The library of Apollodorus reports that he arrived later.
Way to Cilicia
The seer Mopsos led Amphilochus and his companions Kalchas , Leonteus , Podaleirios and Polypoites on foot to Colophon to the temple of Apollo . There was a contest between Mopsos and Kalchas. Kalchas succumbed and died. On the way to Mallos in Cilicia , they were driven by a storm .
Amphilochus now sailed to his home in Argos. But since he no longer liked it here, he returned to Mallos. Mopsos had already taken over the rule here, so an argument broke out between them in which they both died. They were buried near Mount Margasa.
According to another tradition, he sailed from Argos to Akarnania and founded the city of Argos Amphilochicon , but this is also attributed to his nephew Amphilochos . Another version lets him get to the Iberian Peninsula and found the city of Amphilochi and die there too.
cult
He was worshiped in many places. There was an oracle named after him in Mallos in Cilicia . In Oropos he was worshiped together with his father. In Athens there was an altar and in Sparta a heroon for Amphilochus.
swell
- Libraries of Apollodorus , 3, 82; 3, 86; 3, 129; 9, 2; 9, 19.
- Herodotus , 3, 91; 7, 91.
- Homer , Odyssey , 15, 248. Homer: Odyssey in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Pausanias , travels in Greece , 1, 34, 3; 2, 18, 4-5; 2, 20, 5; 3, 15, 8; 5, 17, 7; 10, 10, 4.
- Strabon , Geographica , 157; 271; 668; 675-676.
- Thucydides , The History of the Peloponnesian War , 2, 68.
literature
- Erich Bethe : Amphilochus 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Sp. 1938-1940.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Amphiaraos (Melampide) |
King of Argos late 13th – early 12th century BC BC (mythical chronology) |
Kylarabes (Anaxagoride) |