- Information
- son of Antiope, brother of Amphion
- Son of
- 👤 Antiope (Theban) 👤 Epopeus (Sicyonian) 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Itylos 👤 Neis
- Twin of
- 👤 Amphion (Theban)
- Husband of
- 👤 Aedon 👤 Thebe (Boiotian)
- Has children with
- 👤 Aedon
- Born at
- 🌍 Eleutherai (Attica/Boiotia) 🏛️ the Cave of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai)
- Founder of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Creates
- 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia)
- Kills
- 👤 Dirce (w. of Lycos) 👤 Lycos (Theban I)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Zethos and Amphion (Thebes)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Cave of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai)
- Depictions
- 🏺 the Cloak of Jason🖌️ Sicilian Red-Figure Calyx Krater by the Dirce Painter (SMB F 3296; LIMC Antiope I 6P-LOD )
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Eleutherai (Attica/Boiotia) 🌍 Eutresis (Boiotia) 🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Cave of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai)🏛️ the Spring of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai)🏛️ the Tomb of Zethos and Amphion (Thebes) 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) 🏺 the Lyre of Amphion 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 👤 Aedon 👤 Amphion (Elian) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Antiope (Theban) 👤 Dirce (w. of Lycos) 👤 Epopeus (Sicyonian) 👤 Hermes 👤 Itylos 👤 Laios 👤 Lycos (Theban I) 👤 Neis 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Thebe (Boiotian) 👤 Zeus
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.6📜 Asios fr. 1 West📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 125 Most📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.260-11.265📜 Homer, Odyssey 19.518-19.529📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 41📜 Pausanias 1.38.9📜 Pausanias 2.10.4📜 Pausanias 2.6.1-2.6.4📜 Pausanias 2.6.4📜 Pausanias 9.25.3📜 Pausanias 9.5.6-9.5.10📜 Pausanias 9.8.4📜 Pindar fr. 52k Snell-Maehler📜 Strabo 9.2.28📜 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryAsiosHesiod, EhoiaiHomer, OdysseyOvid, MetamorphosesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindarStrabo