Amphilochus
Family: divine · Role: figure whose sons are honored at the altar · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 34
At Oropus, Alcmæon’s murder of Eriphyle deprived him of honors with Amphiaraus and Amphilochus. In Book 2, Chapter 18, Amphilochus is named as the son of Amphiaraus and counted six generations after Melampus; after the capture of Ilium, he migrated to the region later called Amphilochi.
He is also named as a brother of Alcmæon and Demonassa. Tisamenus (son of Thersander), their ancestor, was the son of Demonassa, Amphilochus’s sister.
Relationship record
Life events
- Alcmæon’s murder of Eriphyle deprived him of honors with Amphiaraus and Amphilochus.(Book 1 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Oropus)
- With: Alcmæon Eriphyle Amphiaraus
- “but Alcmæon, owing to the murder of Eriphyle, has no honour with Amphiaraus, nor with Amphilochus”
- Amphilochus migrated to the region later called Amphilochi.(Book 2 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Amphilochi)
- “And Amphilochus after the capture of Ilium having migrated to what is now called Amphilochi”
Book 1 · Chapter 34
- with Alcmæon (Alcmæon has no honor with Amphilochus.) “Alcmæon, owing to the murder of Eriphyle, has no honour with Amphiaraus, nor with Amphilochus.”
Book 2 · Chapter 18
- parent: Amphiaraus “Amphilochus the son of Amphiaraus”
- with Melampus (interaction) “from Melampus six generations and six kings to Amphilochus the son of Amphiaraus”
Book 2 · Chapter 20
- parent: Amphiaraus “Alcmæon and Amphilochus the sons of Amphiaraus”
- siblings with Alcmæon “and Alcmæon and Amphilochus the sons of Amphiaraus”
Book 3 · Chapter 15
- siblings with Demonassa “their ancestor Tisamenus was the son of Demonassa, the sister of Amphilochus.”
- younger kin: Tisamenus (son of Thersander) “their ancestor Tisamenus was the son of Demonassa, the sister of Amphilochus.”
Book 10 · Chapter 10
- with Alcmæon (Alcmæon was said to be honoured above Amphilochus) “Alcmæon, who was, I take it, honoured above Amphilochus in consequence of his age”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.