Ampyx
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Ampyx (Greek: Ἄμπυξ) 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, the son of Elatus. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris. Appears in Orpheus's, Argonautica,[1] Pausanias's Description of Greece,[2] Hyginus's Fabulae.[3]
- Ampyx or Ampycus was an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses[4] 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.[5]
- Ampyx is an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece.[6]
In paleontology, Ampyx is a genus of asaphid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician.
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