Amphion

American  

[am-fahy-uhn, am-fee-] / æmˈfaɪ ən, ˈæm fi- /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Antiope by Zeus, and the husband of Niobe. With his twin brother, Zethus, he built the walls of Thebes, charming the stones into place with his lyre.

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Other Word Forms

• Amphionic adjective

Example Sentences

Her husband was Amphion, a son of Zeus and an incomparable musician.

From Literature

A princess of Thebes, Antiope, bore two sons to Zeus, Zethus and Amphion.

From Literature

Amphion’s story, and Niobe’s, I have taken from Ovid, who alone tells them in full.

From Literature

Mr. Melsky said the Amphion Foundation and the Copland Foundation “expedited their ‘general operating’ money payouts to be emergency payouts, which just means that everybody that is a current grantee will get a check earlier, with a much simpler platform for requests.”

From New York Times

He was going to fly in the world’s first functional airship, along with two Tizerkane warriors and a badlander mechanist who used to make firearms for amphion warlords, up to a citadel of alien blue metal floating above the city of his dreams.

From Literature