Amphimachus

Amphi'machus

(Ἀμφίμαχος).

1. A son of Cteatus and Theronice, and grandson of Actor or of Poseidon. He is mentioned among the suitors of Helen, and was one of the four chiefs who led the Epeians against Troy. (Apollod. 3.10.8; Paus. 5.3.4; Hom. Il. 2.620.) He was slain by Hector. (Il. 13.185, &c.)

Amphi'machus

2. A son of Nomion, who together with his brother Nastes led a host of Carians to the assistance of the Trojans. He went to battle richly adorned with gold, but was thrown by Achilles into the Scamander. (Hom. Il. 2.870, &c.) Conon (Narrat. 6) calls him a king of the Lycians.

Two other mythical personages of this name occur in Apollod. 2.4.5, and Paus. 5.3.4. [L.S]

Amphi'machus

(Ἀμφίμαχος), obtained the satrapy of Mesopotamia, together with Arbelitis, in the division of the provinces by Antipater in B. C. 321. (Arrian, apud Phot. p. 71b., 26, ed. Bekker ; Diod. 18.39.)

Amphimachus Amphimachus, son of Cteatus

• king of Elis: Paus. 5.3.3
• suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7
• leader of the Eleans against Troy: Apollod. E.3.11
• slain at Ilium: Paus. 5.3.4

Amphimachus(2), son of Electryon

• Apollod. 2.4.5

Amphimachus(3), son of Nomion

• a Carian leader: Apollod. E.3.34

Amphimachus(4), son of Polyxenus

• Paus. 5.3.4

Amphimachus(5), suitor of Penelope

• from Dulichium: Apollod. E.7.25

Amphimachus(6), suitor of Penelope

• from Ithaca: Apollod. E.7.29