Amphitryon

Family: Greek · Role: father of Heracles · First appears: Book 2 · §38–43

Life events

• Heracles, son of Amphitryon, appeared publicly and lived to old age in Hellas.(Book 2 · §144–149 · 📍 Hellas)
  • With: Heracles
  • “For if these also, like Heracles the son of Amphitryon, had appeared before all men's eyes and had lived their lives to old age in Hellas”

Book 2 · §38–43

• child: Heracles “the parents of this Heracles, Amphitryon and Alcmene, were both of Egypt by descent”

Book 2 · §44–50

• child: Heracles “Heracles the son of Amphitryon”

Book 2 · §144–149

• child: Heracles (Amphitryon is identified as Heracles's father.) “For if these also, like Heracles the son of Amphitryon, had appeared before all men's eyes and had lived their lives to old age in Hellas, I mean Dionysos the son of Semele and Pan the son of Penelope,”

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