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Amphion

In Greek mythology, one of the two sons of Zeus and Antiope. He built the walls of Thebes by drawing the stones into place with the music from his lyre, a gift from the god Hermes.

Amphion married Niobe, and committed suicide after their children were murdered by Apollo.



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Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two sons Amphion and Zethus.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Orpheus and Amphion went a little farther, and by the charms of music enchanted things merely inanimate.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
2: Hesiod says that (the children of Amphion and Niobe) were ten sons and ten daughters.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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