Amphitryon

Amphitruon

Foster father of Hercules.

Genealogy

Astydamia, Hipponome, Laonome

Alcaeus

Anaxo, Perimede

Alcmena

Iphicles

Hercules

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Athens
  3. Cadmea
  4. Elis
  5. Islands of the Taphians
  6. Mycenae
  7. Taphos
  8. Thebes
Events
  1. Amphitryon ransoms cattle from Polyxenus
  2. Amphitryon returns cattle to Mycenae
  3. Electryon entrusts Mycenae and his daughter Alcmena to Amphitryon
  4. Amphitryon accidentally kills Electryon
  5. Sthenelus banishes Amphitryon from Argos
  6. Amphitryon, Alcmena and Licymnius are purified by Creon
  7. Amphitryon gives Perimede to Licymnius
  8. Alcmena agrees to marry Amphitryon if he will avenge her brothers’ deaths
  9. Amphitryon unsuccessfully attempts to stop the vixen ravaging the Cadmea
  10. Amphitryon visits Cephalus to fetch a hunting dog for the Cadmean Vixen
  11. Amphitryon and Cephalus hunt the Cadmean vixen with Procris’ dog
  12. Amphitryon and allies attack the islands of the Taphians
  13. Amphitryon takes over the Taphian islands
  14. Amphitryon kills Comaetho
  15. Amphitryon carries off booty after defeating the Taphians
  16. Amphitryon learns from Tiresias that Zeus has had sex with Alcmena
  17. Hercules and Iphicles born
  18. Two snakes sent by Hera attack Hercules and Iphicles in their crib
  19. Hercules taught to drive a chariot
  20. Erginus attacks Thebes for a second time
  21. Amphitryon dies
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.7
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.8
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.9
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 381
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.6
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.1
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 8.3
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 13.2
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.3
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.12
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 15.6
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 10.4
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.1
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.2
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.3
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.3
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.8
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 13.8
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