Amphitryon

Family: mortal · Role: form assumed by Jupiter · First appears: Fable 55

Fable 55

• with Jupiter (interaction) “how, Jupiter, concealed under the form of a Satyr, impregnated {Antiope},[15] the beauteous daughter of Nycteus, with a twin offspring; {how} he was Amphitryon, when he beguiled thee, Tirynthian[16] dame;”

Fable 109

• married with Alcmena “Hercules was the putative son of Amphitryon, king of Thebes, who was the husband of his mother Alcmena.”

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