In Greek mythology, Ampyx () or Ampycus ( , ) was the name of the following figures:
Ampyx, also called Ampycus or AmpyceHesiod, Shield of Heracles 180 was a Titaresian seer, the son of ElatusHyginus, Fabulae 128 or Titairon, eponymous founder of the town of Titaron.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 881 He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris (daughter of OrchomenusTzetzes on Lycophron, 881, 980) or Aregonis.Orphic Argonautica 127, 948; Pausanias, 5.17.10. His son Mopsus joined the Argonauts after he was slain.Hyginus, Fabulae 14 Ampyx, father of the seer Idmon in some texts.Orphic Argonautica 721. Otherwise, Idmon was called the son of Abas or the god Apollo by Antianeira. Not to be confused with the above-mentioned Ampyx who was the father of another seer, Mopsus. Ampyx or Ampycus, an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's MetamorphosesOvid, Metamorphoses 5.110 and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ampyx was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. He killed a centaur named Echetlos.Hiller von Gaertringen, para. 1; Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.450–451 (Miller, pp. 212–213). Hiller von Gaertringen gives the centaur's name as "Echetlos", whereas Miller's translation renders it as "Echeclus". Ampyx, son of Pelias, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Areus, Ampyx became the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patrae.Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
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