Pausanias' Description of Greece

Amyclas (son of Amphion)

Also known as: Amyclas · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 21

Life events

  • Chloris and Amyclas survived Apollo and Artemis's slaughter of Niobe's children.(Book 2 · Chapter 21)
    • With: Chloris Niobe Apollo Artemis Leto
    • “And when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive, as they supplicated Leto.”

Book 2 · Chapter 21

  • parent: Niobe “when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
  • siblings with Chloris “she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
  • parent: Amphion “when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
  • with Leto (Amyclas supplicated Leto.) “she alone and Amyclas were saved alive, as they supplicated Leto”
  • with Chloris (They are said to have jointly built the original temple.) “This Chloris and Amyclas the Argives say built the original temple of Leto”

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