Amyclas, a
Theban prince as the son of King
Amphion and
Niobe, daughter of
Tantalus.[2] He perished with his brothers and sisters in the massacre of
Niobids. In other versions, however, he was presented as the only surviving male (with his sister
Chloris). When
Laius the rightful king of Thebes returned, he was exiled, fleeing to
Sparta, where some say he founded Amyclae.
There is also an Amyclas in Roman epic:
In
Lucan's
Pharsalia (Book V), Caesar knocks on the door of a poor fisherman named Amyclas as he looks to cross the Adriatic.
Dante mentions this scene in
Paradiso, Canto XI.68.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Amyclas, a
Theban prince as the son of King
Amphion and
Niobe, daughter of
Tantalus.[2] He perished with his brothers and sisters in the massacre of
Niobids. In other versions, however, he was presented as the only surviving male (with his sister
Chloris). When
Laius the rightful king of Thebes returned, he was exiled, fleeing to
Sparta, where some say he founded Amyclae.
There is also an Amyclas in Roman epic:
In
Lucan's
Pharsalia (Book V), Caesar knocks on the door of a poor fisherman named Amyclas as he looks to cross the Adriatic.
Dante mentions this scene in
Paradiso, Canto XI.68.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.