Ampyx
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Ampyx has several meanings; in hair care, an ampyx is a headband, often made of metal. In Greek mythology, there were a number of figures with the name Ampyx, Amycus or Ampycus (alt. "Ampykos").
- Ampyx or Ampycus was a seer. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris. Appears in Orpheus's, Argonautica (948), Pausanias's Description of Greece (5. 17. 10), Hyginus's Fabulae (Book 14, 128).
- Ampyx or Ampycus was an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 5, 110), and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
- Ampyx or Amycus, son of Ophion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 12. 450).
- Ampyx is an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece (7. 18. 5).
