=Amphipŏlis=, a town on the Strymon, between Macedonia and Thrace. An Athenian colony, under Agnon son of Nicias, drove the ancient inhabitants, called Edonians, from the country, and built a city, which they called Amphipolis, _i.e._ a town surrounded on all sides, because the Strymon flowed all around it. It has been also called Acra, Strymon, Myrica, Eion, and the town of Mars. It was the cause of many wars between the Athenians and Spartans. _Thucydides_, bk. 4, ch. 102, &c.――_Herodotus_, bk. 5, ch. 126; bk. 7, ch. 114.―― _Diodorus_, bks. 11, 12, &c.――_Cornelius Nepos_, _Cimon_. =Amphipy̆ros=, a surname of Diana, because she carries a _torch_ in _both_ her hands. _Sophocles_, _Trachiniæ_. =Amphirētus=, a man of Acanthus, who artfully escaped from pirates who had made him prisoner. _Polyænus_, bk. 6. =Amphiroe=, one of the Oceanides. _Hesiod_, _Theogony_, li. 361. =Amphis=, a Greek comic poet of Athens, son of Amphicrates, contemporary with Plato. Besides his comedies he wrote other pieces, which are now lost. _Suidas._――_Diogenes Laërtius._ =Amphisbæna=, a two-headed serpent in the deserts of Libya, whose bite was venomous and deadly. _Lucan_, bk. 9, li. 719. =Amphissa=, or =Issa=, a daughter of Macareus, beloved by Apollo. She gave her name to a city of Locris near Phocis, in which was a temple of Minerva. _Livy_, bk. 37, ch. 5.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15, li. 703.――_Lucan_, bk. 3, li. 172.――――A town of the Brutii on the east coast. =Amphissēne=, a country of Armenia. =Amphissus=, a son of Dryope. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 9, fable 10. =Amphisthĕnes=, a Lacedæmonian, who fell delirious in sacrificing to Diana. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 16. =Amphistīdes=, a man so naturally destitute of intellect, that he seldom remembered that he ever had a father. He wished to learn arithmetic, but never could comprehend beyond the figure 4. _Aristotle_, _Problemata_, bk. 4. =Amphistrătus= and =Rhecas=, two men of Laconia, charioteers to Castor and Pollux. _Strabo_, bk. 11.――_Justin_, bk. 42, ch. 3. =Amphitea=, the mother of Ægialeus by Cyanippus, and of three daughters, Argia, Deipyle, and Ægialea, by Adrastus king of Argos. She was daughter to Pronax. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1.――――The wife of Autolycus, by whom she had Anticlea the wife of Laertes. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 19, li. 416. =Amphitheātrum=, a large round or oval building at Rome, where the people assembled to see the combats of gladiators, of wild beasts, and other exhibitions. The amphitheatres of Rome were generally built with wood. Statilius Taurus was the first who made one with stones, under Augustus. =Amphithĕmis=, a Theban general, who involved the Lacedæmonians into a war with his country. _Plutarch_, _Lysander_.――_Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 9. =Amphithoe=, one of the Nereides.