Amphion

Family: mortal · Role: expeller of Cadmus · First appears: Fable 31

In fable.31, Amphion and Zethus expelled Cadmus from his dominions, making Amphion and Cadmus enemies. In fable.55, Antiope bore Amphion and Zethus, making them brothers.

By fable.56, Amphion was married to Niobe and was the father of Ismenus, Phædimus, Tantalus, Alphenor, Damasicthon, and Ilioneus. After learning that his sons had died, “For Amphion the father, thrusting his sword through his breast, dying, had ended his grief together with his life.”

Relationship record

Life events

Amphion kills himself after learning that his sons have died.(Fable56)
- “For Amphion the father, thrusting his sword through his breast, dying, had ended his grief together with his life.”

Fable 31

enemies with Cadmus “This came to pass when, having been expelled from his dominions by Zethus and Amphion, he retired to Illyria, and was there transformed into a serpent, a fate which was shared by his wife Hermione.”

Fable 55

parent: Antiope “Being seduced by Jupiter under the form of a Satyr, she bore two sons, Zethus and Amphion.”
siblings with Zethus “Being seduced by Jupiter under the form of a Satyr, she bore two sons, Zethus and Amphion.”

Fable 56

married with Niobe “the walls that were formed by the strings of my husband’s {lyre}, together with their people, are governed by me and my husband”
child: Ismenus “There, part of the seven sons of Amphion are mounting upon their spirited steeds, and press their backs, red with the Tyrian dye, and wield the reins heavy with gold; of these, Ismenus”
child: Phædimus “The unhappy Phædimus, and Tantalus, the heir to the name of his grandsire”
child: Tantalus (Niobe's son) “The unhappy Phædimus, and Tantalus, the heir to the name of his grandsire”
child: Alphenor “There, part of the seven sons of Amphion are mounting upon their spirited steeds”
child: Damasicthon “There, part of the seven sons of Amphion are mounting upon their spirited steeds”
child: Ilioneus “There, part of the seven sons of Amphion are mounting upon their spirited steeds”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.