Amphion
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There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology:
Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving
Argonauts
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The Argonauts were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Ar
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…Tyro and Poseidon. Amphion, son of Hyperasius, son of Pelles, son of Phorbas. From Achaean Pellene, he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis. In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother while Hippasus was said to be their father. Amphion of Elis, an Achaean…
Gathering of the Argonauts, Attic red-figure krater, 460–450 BC (Louvre G 341)
Pelias recognises young Jason by his missing sandal (fresco from Pompeii, 1st-century AD)
Escape of the Argonauts from Colchis (c. 1500–1530), painting by Lorenzo Costa
Hylas and the nymphs, Gallo-Roman mosaic (3rd century)