Amphitryon
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Key facts
- Deity.deity_of
- Prince of Tiryns
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Amphitryon
- Deity.image
- Detail - "Hercules strangles the snakes" - wall painting (1st century AD) from Herculaneum, "Augusteum" called Basilica - Exhibition "Hero" up July 31, 2018 at Archaeological Museum of Naples.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Amphitryon, detail of antique fresco from Herculaneum.
- Deity.abode
- Thebes
- Deity.consort
- Alcmene
- Deity.parents
- Alcaeus and Astydameia
- Deity.siblings
- AnaxoPerimede
- Deity.children
- LaonomeIphicles
- Deity.birth_place
- Tiryns
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- Mythology
- Dramatic treatments
- Notes
- References
thumb|Book frontispiece|Frontispiece of the 1682 edition of [[Molière's highly successful comedy Amphitryon, based on a Plautine comic treatment of the myth of the eponymous hero: the gods Jupiter (Zeus), disguised as Amphitryon and mounted upon an eagle, and Mercury (Hermes) descend from Olympus to meddle in the affairs of the play's human characters.]]
Amphitryon (; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρύων, gen.: Ἀμφιτρύωνος; usually interpreted as "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. His mother was named either Astydameia, the daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia, or Laonome, daughter of Guneus, or else Hipponome, daughter of Menoeceus. Amphitryon was the brother of Anaxo (wife of Electryon), and Perimede, wife of Licymnius. He was a husband of Alcmene, Electryon's daughter, and stepfather of the Greek hero Heracles.