Amythaon

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[am-uh-they-on] / ˌæm əˈθeɪ ɒn /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the son of Cretheus and Tyro who supported Jason's claim to the throne of Iolcus.

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Example Sentences

So the word was spoken, and Dia the fair became the wife of the son of Amythaon, and the undying horses bare her away in his gleaming chariot.

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To Cretheus wedded next, the lovely nymph Yet other sons, Æson and Pheres bore, And Amythaon of equestrian fame.

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Afterwards they were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.

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Moreover now nor change of fodder serves, And subtlest cures but injure; then were foiled The masters, Chiron sprung from Phillyron, And Amythaon's son Melampus.

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Then came to him both brothers, when they heard that Jason was come home, Pheres from hard by, leaving the fountain Hypereis, and out of Messena Amythaon, and quickly came Admetos and Melampos to welcome home their cousin.

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