Amphinomus Explained

In Greek mythology, Amphinomus (; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀμφίνομος Amphínomos; literally "grazing all about") may refer to the following personages:

• Amphinomus, the Aetolian father of Thyrie (Hyria) who became the mother of Cycnus by Apollo.^[1]
• Amphinomus, a prince of Dulichium as the son of King Nisos. He was one of the suitors of Penelope^[2] and was considered the best-behaved of them. Despite Odysseus's warning, Amphinomus was compelled by Athena to stay, as he had been a suitor nonetheless. He was killed by a spear thrown by Telemachus during the murder of the suitors; ironically, Amphinomous had twice tried to dissuade the suitors from killing Telemachus.^[3]
• Amphinomus, son of Diomedes and the daughter of King Daunus of Apulia in Italy.^[4]

There was also a Greek geometer called Amphinomus. He is thought to have flourished in the fourth century BC, but is otherwise unknown. He is mentioned a few times by Proclus in his Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements.^[5]

Notes

1. [Antoninus Liberalis]
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Homer]
4. Antoninus Liberalis, 37
5. Morrow 63

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• 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.
• Glenn R. Morrow, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey (1970)