GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex
AMPHIARAUS (seer and one of the Seven against Thebes)
Hero and companion · mythical seer and king
- Parents
- Oecles, Apollo, Hypermestra
- Consorts
- Eriphyle
- Children
- Amphilochus, Alcmaeon, Demonassa, Euridice, Catillus, Alexida
- Allies
- Baton
- Haunts and cult places
- Argos
- In the sources
- 67 ancient passages
Amphiaraus is the son of Oicles. Apollodorus 1.8.2 +2 Amphiaraus was a seer and a skilled warrior. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 568-625 +2
In the myths
Amphiaraus severed Melanippus's head and gave it to Tydeus, who had killed him. Apollodorus 3.6.8 +1 Some accounts claim Amphiaraus fell from his chariot in battle near his temple, while the Tanagrans claim his chariot vanished at Harma rather than the location Thebans cite. Pausanias 9.19.4 +1
Fate
Zeus struck the earth with a thunderbolt, causing it to open up and swallow Amphiaraus along with his chariot and horses, and granted him immortality. Apollodorus 3.6.8 +4
