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Ampyx

In Greek mythology, Ampyx or Ampycus was the name of the following figures:Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce was a Titaresian seer, the son of Elatus or Titairon, eponymous founder of the town of Titaron. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris or Aregonis. His son Mopsus joined the Argonauts after he was slain. Ampyx, father of the seer Idmon in some texts. 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 Metamorphoses and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus, just before Phineus was turned to stone. Ampyx or Amycus, son of Opinion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Ampyx, son of Pelias, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Areus, Ampyx became the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patrae.

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