In Greek mythology, Amphinomus (/æmˈfɪnəməs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίνομος Amphínomos; literally "between or around laws". From the root words Amphi/Ancient Greek: Ἀμφί: Between or on both sides, or around; and Nomus/Nomos:Ancient Greek: νομος: Rules/Laws) may refer to the following personages:
- Amphinomus, the Aetolian father of Thyrie (Hyria) who became the mother of Cycnus by Apollo.1
- Amphinomus, a prince of Dulichium as the son of King Nisos. He was one of the suitors of Penelope2 and was considered the best-behaved of them. Despite Odysseus's warning, Amphinomus was compelled by Athena to stay, as he had been a suitor nonetheless. He was killed by a spear thrown by Telemachus during the Ithaca massacre; ironically, Amphinomus had twice tried to dissuade the suitors from killing Telemachus.3
- Amphinomus, son of Diomedes and the daughter of King Daunus of Apulia in Italy.4
- Amphinomus, brother of Anapias (named in latin: Pii Fratres, lit. 'the saint brothers'): they are legendary characters of the Greek Catania (Sicily, Italy), who saved their parents from an eruption of Etna, carrying them on their shoulders.567891011121314
There was also a Greek geometer called Amphinomus. He is thought to have flourished in the fourth century BC, but is otherwise unknown. He is mentioned a few times by Proclus in his Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements.15
Notes
Notes
- Antoninus Liberalis, 12
- Apollodorus, E.7.27
- Homer, Odyssey 18.395 & 412, 20.244 & 22.89; Apollodorus, E.7.33
- Antoninus Liberalis, 37
- Silius Italicus, 14.197
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.38 & 4
- Valerius Maximus, 5.4
- Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 3.37 & 2
- Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium 5.15
- Strabo, Geographica 6.2-3
- Ausonius, Ordo urbium nobilium 91-92
- Claudian, Carmina minora 13.1 & 48
- Pseudo-Virgil, Aetna 624(a)-45, in Appendix Vergiliana
- Martial 7.24-25
- Morrow 63
References
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Glenn R. Morrow, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey (1970).