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Amaleus

Male Niobid

In Greek mythology, Amaleus (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαλεύς, romanized: Amaleús) is the name of the eldest of the Niobids, the twelve or fourteen children of

Amaleus

Leto

Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis

two children (Itylus and Neis), attempted to kill Niobe's eldest child Amaleus only to end up killing her own son instead. Aëdon acts as a foil to Leto;

Leto

Aëdon

Ancient Greek mythological figure

along with his cousins, and often slept with them, in particular with Amaleus, Amphion and Niobe's firstborn. One day, Aëdon instructed Itylus to sleep

Aëdon

Amphion and Zethus

Greek mythological figures; considered the founders of Thebes

authors would clarify that Aëdon tried to kill Niobe and Amphion's firstborn Amaleus out of jealousy that Niobe had borne many children, while she and Zethus

Amphion and Zethus

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Niobe

Greek mythological daughter of Tantalus

produced, so she conceived a plan to kill Niobe's firstborn, a boy named Amaleus. Aëdon instructed her son to sleep in the back of the room, or in the innermost

Niobe

Procne

Legendary princess of Athens, sister of Philomele

her son Itys or Itylus accidentally while trying to kill another boy, Amaleus, the son of her sister-in-law Niobe (the wife of Zethus's twin brother

Procne

Niobids

Figures in Greek mythology

lists vary by author: Other different names were also mentioned, including Amaleus, Amyclas, Meliboea and Neis (also in Apollodorus, see below). Manto, the

Niobids

Metamorphoses in Greek mythology

Myths centered around physical transformation in Greek mythology

to her own one son. So she devised a plan to kill Niobe's firstborn son Amaleus, but accidentally ended up killing her son Itylus by mistake. In her great

Metamorphoses in Greek mythology

Metamorphoses_in_Greek_mythology

Itylus

Prince in Greek mythology

daughters of Niobe and Amphion, Zethus' brother, and he and the oldest Niobid, Amaleus, slept in the same room and bed. But his mother Aëdon was deeply envious

Itylus

Neis (mythology)

Mythological Theban princess

vast progeny compared to her own, so she tried to kill Niobe's firstborn Amaleus, but accidentally killed her own son Itylus instead. In the versions where

Neis (mythology)

Neis_(mythology)

Antiope (mother of Amphion)

Greek mythological figure

in a failed effort to harm her sister-in-law by killing her eldest son Amaleus. Amphion married Niobe, whose twelve or fourteen children were shot dead

Antiope (mother of Amphion)

Antiope_(mother_of_Amphion)

Assaon

Father of Niobe

order to rationalise the myth. Mythology portal Ancient Greece portal Amaleus Larissa Ictinus Thyestes Tripp 1970, s.v. Niobe. Homer, Iliad 24.603 Avery

Assaon

Pandareus

Petty thief in Greek mythology

accidentally killed her own son Itylus in an attempt to murder her nephew Amaleus, for she was jealous of the large number of children born to her sister-in-law

Pandareus

Niobe (Aeschylus play)

Lost tragedy by Aeschylus

praying to Zeus. Ancient Greece portal Theater portal Mythology portal Amaleus, one of the Niobids Assaon, Niobe's father in a Lydian tradition Aëdon

Niobe (Aeschylus play)

Niobe_(Aeschylus_play)

Niobe (Sophocles play)

Lost play by Sophocles

Ancient Greece portal Mythology portal Theater portal Phaethon The Bacchae Amaleus Homer, Iliad 24.604-16 Gantz 1996, p. 537. Hathorn 1967, pp. 227–8. Lloyd-Jones

Niobe (Sophocles play)

Niobe_(Sophocles_play)

List of minor Greek mythological figures

Catreus, king of Crete; it was prophesied he would kill his own father Amaleus Ἀμαλεύς oldest of the Niobids Amaracus Ἀμάρακος son of Cinyras who became

List of minor Greek mythological figures

List_of_minor_Greek_mythological_figures

Index of ancient Greece-related articles

Agoraios Althaea Althaemenes Alypius of Alexandria Alypus Alytarches Alyzeus Amaleus Amalthea (mythology) Amantes (tribe) Amaracus Amarynceus Amasis Painter

Index of ancient Greece-related articles

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