Amphiōn (English spelling) Amphion

Japanese: Amphiōn(英語表記)Amphion
Amphiōn (English spelling) Amphion

…The Acropolis of Thebes was called Kadmeia after Cadmus, and Babylonian cylinder seals have been unearthed here in recent years, attesting to the existence of contact with the East. (2) The story of the second founding of the city by Amphiōn and Zēthos. They were twin brothers born to Zeus and Antiopē. …

From [Niobe]

She was the daughter of Tantalus, king of Mount Sipylos in Lydia (western Asia Minor), and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. She bore seven sons and seven daughters to her husband, and boasted that she was superior to Leto, who had only two children, Apollo and Artemis. In anger, the goddess ordered her son to shoot Apollo and her daughter Artemis to kill them.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Amphiōn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なおテーベのアクロポリスは,カドモスにちなんでカドメイアKadmeiaと呼ばれたが,ここからは近年バビロニアの円筒印章が出土し,東方との交流のあったことを裏づけている。(2)アンフィオンAmphiōnとゼトスZēthosとによる2度目の建国の物語。二人はゼウスとアンティオペAntiopēとの間の双生の兄弟。…

【ニオベ】より

…リュディア(小アジア西部)のシピュロス山付近の王タンタロスの娘。テーバイ王アンフィオンAmphiōnの妻。夫との間に7男7女をもうけた彼女は,アポロンとアルテミスの2人しか子どものいない女神レトより自分のほうがまさっていると誇ったため,怒った女神はわが子に命じて,ニオベの息子はアポロンに,娘は女神アルテミスに射殺させた。…

※「Amphiōn」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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