Amphialus Explained

In Greek mythology, Amphialus or Amphialos (Ancient Greek: Άμφίαλος means 'of two seas') may refer to the following figures:

• Amphialus, son of Neoptolemus and Andromache.^[1]
• Amphialus, a man in the crew of Menelaus during his return from Troy.^[2]
• Amphialos, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.^[3] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. Along with the Ithacan king and six others namely: Lycaon, Alkimos, Amphidamas, Antilochus and Eurylochos, Amphialos survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.^[4]
• Amphialus, a young Phaeacian nobleman and son of Polyneus, son of Tecton. He competed in the games arranged to honour Odysseus.^[5]
• Amphialus, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.^[6] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[7]

Notes

1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 141, 9.141. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
4. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 141, 9.135–140. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
5. [Homer]
6. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
7. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

References

• Apollodorus, The Library 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.