In Greek mythology, Amythaon (; ) is the son of Cretheus, the king of Iolcus.
Genealogy Amythaon is the son of King Cretheus of Iolcus and Tyro, the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis. He was the brother of Aeson and Pheres.Homer, Odyssey 11.255–260; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 12.69 [= FGrHist 3 F104c]; see also Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 150 [= FGrHist 4 F99]. Amythaon dwelt at Pylos in Messenia.
His wife is either EidomenePerseus Encyclopedia, Idomene or Aglaia, and his children are Bias, Melampus, AeoliaApollodorus, 1.9.11; Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.3. and PerimeleDiodorus Siculus, 4.69.3.. According to Dieuchidas, by Dorippe, he was the father of Melampus.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.121
Mythology According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to Iolcus to intercede with Pelias on behalf of Jason.Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.220 Pausanias mentioned him among those to whom the restoration of the Olympic Games was ascribed.Pausanias, 5.8.2. A part of Elis was thought to have been named Amythaonia after him.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ᾽Αμυθαονία [= FGrHist 265 F11].
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