Amphinome

In Greek mythology, the name Amphinome (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφινόμη) may refer to:

• Amphinome, a Nereid.[1]
• Amphinome, wife of Aeson and mother to Jason and Promachus. She and her husband were persecuted by king Pelias of Iolcus. After Pelias had killed her husband and younger son, Amphinome stabbed herself with a sword. As she lay dying she pronounced a curse against the king.[2]
• Amphinome, one of the daughters of Pelias, given by Jason in marriage to Andraemon, brother of Leonteus.[3]
• Amphinome, wife of Arizelus and mother of Harpalion.[4]

For the bristle worm genus, see Amphinome (annelid).

Notes

1. Homer, Iliad 18.44
2. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.50.2
3. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.53.2
4. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 10.75

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.