Ampyx

For other uses, see Ampyx (trilobite).

In Greek mythology, Ampyx (Ancient Greek: Ἄμπυξ) or Ampycus (Ἄμπυκος Ampykos means 'woman's diadem, frontlet') was the name of the following figures:

• Ampyx, also called Ampycus or Ampyce^[1] was a Titaresian seer, the son of Elatus^[2] or Titairon, eponymous founder of the town of Titaron.^{[3][AI-generated source?]} He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris (daughter of Orchomenus^{[4][AI-generated source?]}) or Aregonis.^[5] His son Mopsus joined the Argonauts after he was slain.^[6]
• Ampyx, father of the seer Idmon in some texts.^[7] Otherwise, Idmon was called the son of Abas or the god Apollo by Antianeira. Not to be confused with the above-mentioned Ampyx who was the father of another seer, Mopsus.
• Ampyx or Ampycus, an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses^[8] and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
• Ampyx or Amycus, son of Opinion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses.^[9]
• Ampyx, son of Pelias, descendant of King Amyclas of Laconia. Through his son Areus, Ampyx became the ancestor of Patreus who founded Patrae.^[10]

Other use

• In hair care, an ampyx (ἄμπυξ) is a headband, often made of metal.