Amphion (son of Hyperasius)

Amphion ( Greek  Ἀμφίων ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He is a son of Hyperasios (or Hippasus ) and Hypso . He comes from Pellene in Achaia and takes with his brother Asterios on the voyage of the Argonauts part.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Amphion 5) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 316 ( digitized version ).
• Konrad Wernicke : Amphion 4) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 1948.

Web links

• Amphion in Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes : Argonautika 1, 176–178; Hyginus Mythographus : Fabulae 14.