Amphiaraus

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[am-fee-uh-rey-uhs] / ˌæm fi əˈreɪ əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.

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Example Sentences

Polyneices had been joined by six chieftains, one of them the King of Argos, Adrastus, and another Adrastus’ brother-in-law, Amphiaraus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Supreme Zeus, and Phœbus, and glorious Amphiaraus will not permit it.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

The Amphiaraus of Eschylus, says, 'I do not wish to appear to be a good man, but I wish to be one.'

From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

And how many did Eriphyle live with Amphiaraus, and was the mother of children not a few?

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

The prophet Amphiaraus this, O my mistress, and with him the victims, the libations of the earth delighting in blood.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides