- wife, Eriphyle,
eventually compelled him to go.
Amphiaraus was the son of Oicles. This made
Amphiaraus a great-grandson of Melampus,
himself a legendary...
-
Polynices bribed Amphiaraus' wife
Eriphyle to tell her
husband to join the expedition, he was
forced to obey
because of a
promise Amphiaraus had made to allow...
- the
death of
Amphiaraus – that the
ground of
Thebes opened up to
receive him, his arms, his
horses and
chariot – is
possibly from
Amphiaraus also, but may...
- Argos,
Talaus was
slain by the hero
Amphiaraus,
greatly angering Eriphyle's
brother Adrastus. When
Adrastus and
Amphiaraus eventually reconciled, Adrastus...
- of
Argos by his
dynastic rival Amphiaraus. He fled to Sicyon,
where he
became king.
Later he
reconciled with
Amphiaraus and
returned to
Argos as its king...
-
goddess Harmonia,
persuaded her
husband Amphiaraus to join the
expedition of the
Seven against Thebes.
Amphiaraus,
knowing that he
would die in the battle...
- had
Amphiaraus "leader of the people", the "lovely" Iphianeira, and
Endeos "lord of men",
while according to Diodorus, the
children were
Amphiaraus, Iphianeira...
- Aegialeus, the son of Adrastus, or else Alcmaeon, son of
Amphiaraus,
survived this battle.
Amphiaraus knew that the
attack against Thebes was
doomed to fail...
-
According to Pausanias, the poet
Asius made
Alcmene the
daughter of
Amphiaraus and Eriphyle.
Hesiod describes Alcmene as the tallest, most beautiful...
-
Hercules leads a band of
mercenaries composed of king-turned-prophet
Amphiaraus of Argos,
thief Autolycus of Sparta,
feral barbarian Tydeus of Thebes...
