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Amphiaraus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Amphĭărāus, i, m., = Ἀμφιάραος
* A distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmoeon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house; but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth,Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.
* Derivv.
* Amphĭărēus (five syll.), a, um, , Amphiarian: quadrigae Amphiariae,Prop. 3, 32, 39.
* Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmoeon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes).
* A distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmoeon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house; but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth,Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.
* Derivv.
* Amphĭărēus (five syll.), a, um, , Amphiarian: quadrigae Amphiariae,Prop. 3, 32, 39.
* Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmoeon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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