Chapter 11: The Daughters of Thestios
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♠ Od 15.241-44 – Homer, Odyssey
There he [Melampous] wedded a wife and built him a high-roofed house, and begot Antiphates and Mantius, two stalwart sons. Now Antiphates begot great-hearted Oicles, and Oicles Amphiaraus, the rouser of the host, [245] whom Zeus, who bears the aegis, and Apollo heartily loved with all manner of love. Greek Text
♠ Hes fr 25.34-40 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Fragmenta Hesiodea, p. 16, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
Godlike Hypemnestra bore Amphiaraos, leader of people, [35] after going up into Oikles’ blooming bed in Argos rich in cattle, chief of many people; for he was good in the assembly, and he was good at fighting, good in understanding, and he was dear to the immortals; and she bore Iphianeira who had a lovely figure, [40] and Endeos, leader of men, brave and big. (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ ApB 1.8.2 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
Amphiaraus, son of Oicles, from Argos. Greek Text
♠ DS 4.68.5 – Diodoros Siculus, Library of History
And marrying Iphianeira, the daughter of Megapenthes, he begat Antiphates and Manto, and also Bias and Pronoê; and of Antiphates and of Zeuxippê, the daughter of Hippocoön, the children were Oecles and Amphalces, and to Oecles and Hypermnestra, the daughter of Thespius, were born Iphianeira, Polyboea, and Amphiaraüs. Greek Text
♠ For more on Amphiaraos and the others, see Early Greek Myth, pp. 506-19
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Edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, February 2024.
