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Amphi'damas

2. A king of Chalcis in Euboea, after whose death his sons celebrated funeral games, in which Hesiod won the prize in a poetical contest. It consisted of a golden tripod, which he dedicated to the Muses of Helicon. (Hes. Op. et D. 654, &c.)

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