Amyris

A'myris

(Ἄμυρις), of Sybaris in Italy, surnamed "the Wise," whose son was one of the suitors of Agarista, at the beginning of the sixth century, B. C. Amyris was sent by his fellow-citizens to consult the Delphic oracle. His reputation for wisdom gave rise to the proverb, Ἄμυρις μαίνεται, "the wise man is mad." (Hdt. 6.126; Athen. 12.520a.; Suidas. s.v. Eustath. ad Il. ii. p. 298 ; Zenobins, Paroemiogr. 4.27.)

Amyris Amyris, a man of Siris

• Hdt. 6.127