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Amythaonius

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Amythaonius was in Ancient Greece a patronymic from Amythaon, by which his son, the seer Melampus, was sometimes called.[1] The descendants of Amythaon in general were called by the Greeks Amythaonidae.[2]

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  1. ^ Virgil, Georgics 3.550; Columella 10.348
  2. ^ Strabo, 8. p. 372

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Amythaonius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 157.