A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἀμφιτρυωνιάδης), or AMPHITRYO'NIDES, a patronymic from Amphitryon, by which Heracles is sometimes designated, because his mother was married to Amphitryon. (Ov. Met. 9.140, 15.49; Pind. O. 3.26, Isth. 6.56.)

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