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with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
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with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
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translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
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his daughter, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
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recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city. Amphion married
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This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.
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on the side of the Greeks. He was a commander of the Epeans, together with
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Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Amphion, p. 38. 227:of his wine and was killed by 219:' wedding, fought against the 215:Amphion, centaur who attended 174:was called their mother while 1: 1682:Characters in the Argonautica 189:warrior who took part in the 128:; these husbands are sons of 650:Online version at theio.com. 328: 178:was said to be their father. 170:. 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Index

Amphion (disambiguation)
Greek mythology

Zeus
Antiope
Amphion and Zethus
Thebes
Pausanias
Niobe
Niobids
Apollo
Artemis
Diodorus Siculus
Chloris
Minyan
Orchomenus
Iasus
Persephone
Minyas
Chloris
Neleus
Phylomache
Pelias
Tyro
Poseidon
Hyperasius
Pelles
Phorbas
Achaean
Pellene

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