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Amphĭărāus , i, m., = Ἀμφιάραος,
I.a distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmœon 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.—
II. Derivv.
A. Amphĭărēus (five syll.), a, um, adj., Amphiarian: “quadrigae Amphiariae,Prop. 3, 32, 39.—
B. Amphĭă-rāīdes , ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes).
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    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.40
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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