Amphion

There are several characters named Amphion^[1] in Greek mythology:

• Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus).^[2] Together, they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city.^[3] Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the Niobids) at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter,^[4] but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below).
• Amphion, king of the Minyan Orchomenus and son of Iasus. By Persephone, daughter of Minyas, he became the father of Chloris, wife of Neleus^[5] and Phylomache, wife of Pelias;^[6] these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon.
• Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas.^[7] From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis.^[8] In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother^[9] while Hippasus was said to be their father.^[10]
• Amphion of Elis, an Achaean warrior who took part in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. He was a commander of the Epeans, together with Meges and Dracius.^[11]
• Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius. He was killed by Aeneas.^[12]
• Amphion, centaur who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.^[13]