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Amphion (/ æ m ˈ f aɪ. ɒ n / (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίων, romanized: Amphíōn)) and Zethus (/ ˈ z iː θ ə s /; Ζῆθος Zēthos) were, in ancient Greek mythology, the twin sons of Zeus (or Theobus) [2] by Antiope. They are important characters in one of the two founding myths of the city of Thebes, because they constructed the city ...
Amphion and Zethus are said to have established the fortifications of Thebes. [6] For Greeks of the Classical age, the contrast between the lifestyles of the two became the most salient element in the narrative; in Euripides' Antiope the best-recalled scene was where the two brothers in debate contrasted their active and contemplative lives. [ 13 ]
Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving. Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). [2] Together, they are famous for building Thebes. Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build the walls of the city. [3]
Amphion and Zethus expanded the city (and renamed it Thebes) and built the seven gates of Thebes, naming them after Amphion's daughters (Thera, Cleodoxa, Astynome, Astycratia, Chias, Ogygia, Chloris). Niobe, a boastful woman, attracted the wrath of Artemis and her brother Apollo, who were furious at Niobe for taunting their mother. Artemis then ...
Egyptian Thebes was also named after her. [2] Thebe, daughter of Zeus and Megacleite [10] and sister of Locrus, the man who assisted Amphion and Zethus in the building of Thebes. [11] She later on married Zethus. Thebe, daughter of Prometheus, and also a possible eponym of the Boeotian Thebes. [12] Thebe, daughter of Cilix [13] and thus, sister ...
Thebes (/ ˈ θ iː b z /; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯] [2]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
[2] This colossal marble sculptural group represents the myth of Dirce , first wife of Lykos , King of Thebes . She was tied to a wild bull by Amphion and Zethus , the sons of Antiope , who wanted to punish Dirce for the ill-treatment inflicted on their mother.
Amphion and Zethus subject Dirce to the bull (from the House of the Vettii, Pompeii) Dirce ( / ˈ d ɜːr s iː / ; Ancient Greek : Δίρκη , pronounced [dírkɛː] , modern Greek [ˈðirci] , meaning "double" or "cleft") was a queen of Thebes as the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology .