In the classical genealogical tradition Amphithemis is presented as the son of Apollo and Acacallis (daughter of Minos). Exiled or borne in Libya — the place to which Acacallis had been sent in these accounts — he functions as a founder or eponymous ancestor: Apollonius of Rhodes names him Garamas, connecting him to the Garamantes, and he is father by the Libyan lake-nymph Tritonis of two sons, Nasamon and Caphaurus (Cephalion). In a separate, later poetic reworking (Nonnus' Dionysiaca, 5th century AD) the same name is applied to a centaur, assimilating the name into the troupe of half-horse creatures that accompany Dionysus.
In the Hellenistic and mythographic sources that treat Amphithemis as Apollo's son he is not given a detailed physical description and is treated as a human or semi-divine ancestor in genealogical lists. In Nonnus' Dionysiaca Amphithemis is explicitly called a centaur — a half-human, half-horse being — though the provided summaries do not quote extended descriptive passages from Nonnus beyond this categorical identification.
As an eponymous progenitor in Apollonius/Hyginus-style accounts Amphithemis' role is genealogical and foundational rather than demonstrably miraculous: he begets offspring who serve as local eponyms and actors within heroic cycles (notably his son Caphaurus/Cephalion, a shepherd who kills two Argonauts after they plunder his flocks). The extant summaries attribute no specific supernatural feats to Amphithemis himself. The centaur-identification in Nonnus places him within the conventional behavioral field of centaurs in Greek poetry — martial strength, pastoral association, and participation in Dionysian retinues — but the supplied materials do not record individual exploits or powers for Amphithemis beyond that taxonomic placement.
Abderus
Abderus (Ancient Greek: Ἄβδηρος, romanized Ábdēros) is a mortal heroic figure in Greek myth closely associated with Heracles, remembered as the youth left in charge of the Mares of Diomedes who was killed by them. He functions as an eponymous local/divine-hero ancestor for the city of Abdera and received funerary commemoration and athletic agones at his tomb.
Acamas
Acamas (Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας) is a personal name recurrent in ancient Greek narrative traditions applied to multiple human characters (warriors, princes, suitors), once to a Cyclops, and once as a hound's name. Rather than a single supernatural entity, bearers of the name appear episodically across the Trojan War, Theseid, and Theban cycles as mortal actors whose deeds intersect with gods and fate.
Acarnan
Acarnan (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνάν) is an anthroponym attested in Greek mythic and epic tradition as the name of at least two distinct mortal figures: a son of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe, and a human suitor of Penelope from Dulichium. The lexical form also appears adjectivally/ethnically (Acarnanian), linking the word to the region Acarnania; etymologically the name is reported as derived from a Greek fish-name (akarnan).
Acastus
Acastus is a mortal heroic figure of ancient Greek tradition: son of Pelias who became king of Iolcus, an Argonaut who sailed with Jason, and an actor in the post-Argonautic cycle involving Medea, Peleus, and the aftermath of Pelias’s death. He is attested as performing civic and ritual actions (burying Pelias, instituting funeral games, purifying Peleus) and as a participant in vendetta episodes that end in violent reprisals.
Acmon
Acmon (Ancient Greek: Ἄκμων, 'anvil') is a polyvalent personal name in Greek myth borne by several distinct minor figures — a Dactyl (artisan), a Phrygian eponymous king, a mischievous woodland creature, companions in epic cycles (one companion of Diomedes transformed into a bird; an Aenead), and in some brief traditions an alleged father of Uranus. The name therefore functions across artisanal, topographical, trickster, and metamorphosis motifs rather than denoting a single unified supernatural species.
Acrisius
Acrisius (Ancient Greek: Ἀκρίσιος, Akrisios) is a mythic-historical king of Argos in Greek tradition whose narrative is defined by an oracular prophecy foretelling his death by his daughter's son. He is portrayed as a mortal ruler entangled with dynastic rivalry, oracular authority, and the eventual accidental fulfillment of fate.
Aeacidae
The Aeacidae are a dynastic lineage in Greek myth and historiography descended from the hero Aeacus, son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina. The name functions as a patronymic designation for those 'of Aeacus' and is used to claim genealogical legitimacy and political prestige in regions such as Aegina and Molossian Epirus.
Aegipan
Aegipan (Αἰγίπαν / Αἰγίπανος) is an ancient Greek mythological figure associated with goat attributes and with the sea‑goat imagery of the constellation Capricornus. He appears in classical myth as a semi‑divine helper (notably in the Typhon episode) and, in later natural‑history and medieval bestiary reception, the name is applied to satyr‑like or ape‑like wild men in distant lands.
Aegisthus
Aegisthus (Greek Αἴγισθος, Aigisthos) is a mortal member of the House of Atreus in Greek myth who, born of incestuous circumstances and raised by shepherds and a goat, participates in dynastic murder and usurpation — notably the slaying of Atreus in some accounts and the conspiracy (with Clytemnestra) that results in Agamemnon's death — and is later killed by Orestes, an episode that figures in narratives about inherited guilt, vengeance, and the transition from private retribution to public justice.
Aepytus
Aepytus (Ancient Greek: Αἴπυτος, Aíputos/Aípytos, lit. 'steep, high, lofty') is a personal name in Greek myth borne by several legendary kings tied to Arcadian and Heraclid genealogies. The figures named Aepytus function as ancestral/dynastic nodes in literary genealogies and later literary receptions rather than as supernatural beings.
Aeson
Aeson (Ancient Greek: Αἴσων) is a legendary mortal king of Iolcus in Thessaly in Greek myth, best known as the father of the hero Jason. His fate—imprisonment by his half-brother Pelias and either suicide or a miraculous restoration performed by Medea—provides the dynastic and moral background for the Argonautic cycle.
Aethalides
Aethalides is a personal name borne by two distinct figures in ancient Greek myth: one listed among the Argonauts as a son of Hermes and Eupolemeia, and another named among the Tyrrhenian sailors who attempted to deceive Dionysus and was transformed into a dolphin. The sources treat Aethalides as named human mythic personages appearing in separate narrative contexts rather than as a class of supernatural being.
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- [1]Amphithemis — Wikipedia. Wikipedia contributors, 'Amphithemis,' Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.wiki
- [2]Dionysiaca (Nonnus) — reference to centaurs of Dionysus. Summary reference to 'Centaurs of Dionysus' and late antique poetic treatments (Nonnus' Dionysiaca, 5th c. AD) as cited in the provided notes.literary
- [3]Tritonis — Libyan Nymph & Lake-Goddess. Theoi Project entry on Tritonis; used in supplied notes to connect Amphithemis' offspring to the Libyan lake-nymph.literary
- [4]Apollonius of Rhodes — Argonautica (genealogical material referenced). Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica: genealogical notices linking Amphithemis/Garamas to Libyan eponymy and to his sons (as summarized in supplied materials).literary
- [5]Hyginus, Fabulae (Argonauts material). Hyginus' Fabulae contains lists and episodes connected to the Argonauts; Hyginus is cited in the supplied notes for related episodes (Caphaurus/Cephalion killing Argonauts).literary
- [6]Amphithemis (genus) — Odonata records (modern taxonomic reuse). Kosterin & Chartier (2018) and Kosterin et al. (2012) — records noting Amphithemis curvistyla and the modern biological reuse of the classical name; cited in supplied notes to distinguish taxonomic homonymy from mythic identity.other
- [7]Person: Amphithemis — Myths UVic summary. Mythographic summary used in the supplied notes collating classical references for Amphithemis (Apollo + Acacallis tradition and Libyan associations).other