Amythaon

In greek mythology, Amythaon (Ancient Greek: Ἀμυθάων) was a son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Aeson and Pheres.Homer, Odyssey, 11. 255-260 He dwelt at Pylos in Messenia, and by Idomene, his niece, or by Aglaia became the father of Bias, Melampus, and Aeolia.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 11Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 68. 3. According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to Iolcus to intercede with Pelias on behalf of Jason.Pindar, Pythian Ode 4. 220 Pausanias mentions him among those to whom the restoration of the Olympic Games was ascribed.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 8. 2 A part of Elis was thought to have been named Amythaonia after him.Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Amythaonia, citing Rhianus
==References==
*Myth Index - Amythaon: Willam Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 1, pp. 156-157
Category:Greek Mythology