=Amnias=, a river of Bithynia. _Appian_, _Mithridatic Wars_. =Amnīsus=, a port of Gnossus, at the north of Crete, with a small river of the same name, near which Lucina had a temple. The nymphs of the place were called Amnisiades. _Callimachus._ =Amœbæus=, an Athenian player of great reputation, who sung at the nuptials of Demetrius and Nicæa. _Polyænus_, bk. 4, ch. 6. =Amomētus=, a Greek historian. _Pliny_, bk. 6, ch. 17. =Amor=, the son of Venus, was the god of love. _See:_ Cupido. =Amorges=, a Persian general, killed in Caria, in the reign of Xerxes. _Herodotus_, bk. 5, ch. 121. =Amorgos=, an island among the Cyclades, where Simonides was born. _Strabo_, bk. 10. =Ampĕlus=, a promontory of Samos.――――A town of Crete,――――of Macedonia,――――of Liguria,――――and Cyrene.――――A favourite of Bacchus, son of a satyr and a nymph, made a constellation after death. _Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 3, li. 407. =Ampelūsia=, a promontory of Africa, in Mauritania. _Mela_, bk. 1, chs. 5 & 6. =Amphēa=, a city of Messenia, taken by the Lacedæmonians. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 5. =Amphialāus=, a famous dancer in the island of the Phæacians. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 8. =Amphiănax=, a king of Lycia in the time of Acrisius and Prœtus. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 2. =Amphiarāus=, son of Oicleus, or, according to others, of Apollo by Hypermnestra, was at the chase of the Calydonian boar, and accompanied the Argonauts in their expedition. He was famous for his knowledge of futurity and thence he is called by some son of Apollo. He married Eriphyle, the sister of Adrastus king of Argos, by whom he had two sons, Alcmæon and Amphilochus. When Adrastus, at the request of Polynices, declared war against Thebes, Amphiaraus secreted himself, not to accompany his brother-in-law in an expedition in which he knew he was to perish. But Eriphyle, who knew where he had concealed himself, was prevailed upon to betray him by Polynices, who gave her as a reward for her perfidy a famous golden necklace set with diamonds. Amphiaraus being thus discovered, went to the war, but previously charged his son Alcmæon to put to death his mother Eriphyle, as soon as he was informed that he was killed. The Theban war was fatal to the Argives, and Amphiaraus was swallowed up in his chariot by the earth, as he attempted to retire from the battle. The news of his death was brought to Alcmæon, who immediately executed his father’s command, and murdered Eriphyle. Amphiaraus received divine honours after death, and had a celebrated temple and oracle at Oropos in Attica. His statue was made of white marble, and near his temple was a fountain, whose waters were ever held sacred. They only who had consulted his oracle, or had been delivered from a disease, were permitted to bathe in it, after which they threw pieces of gold and silver into the stream. Those who consulted the oracle of Amphiaraus first purified themselves, and