person
Amphiaraus
The seer of Argos (son of Oecles), betrayed by his wife Eriphyle to join the doomed war on Thebes; swallowed alive by the earth, he went down to the Styx living, with his living horses.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.1 Oeclides' son
Amphiaraus, betrayed by his wife Eriphyle, who went down alive to the Styx with his living horses.
- Letters from the Black Sea §3.1 Amphiaraus
Amphiaraus, the seer among the Seven against Thebes, swallowed alive into the earth with his chariot; cited with Capaneus as one renowned through catastrophe.
- Metamorphoses §8.205 son of Oecleus
Amphiaraus son of Oecleus, the seer 'still safe from his wife' Eriphyle, who would later betray him.
- Metamorphoses §9.262 the seer
Amphiaraus, the seer among the Seven against Thebes, swallowed alive by the earth.