person
Amphion
Son of Antiope, 'avenger of his mother,' who raised the walls of Thebes by the music of his lyre, the stones moving of themselves.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.16 avenger of your mother
Amphion, who avenged his mother Antiope and built Thebes' walls by the music of his lyre.
- Ibis §18 lyre-player added his own death
Amphion, the lyre-player husband of Niobe, who killed himself over their slain children.
- Metamorphoses §6.134 Amphion
King of Thebes, husband of Niobe, who raised the city's walls by the music of his lyre; he killed himself at the slaughter of his sons.