. r, butwas rescued from his violence by Poseidon, whoappropriated her to himself, and then showedher the wells at Lema. According to anotheraccount he bade her draw his trident from therock, from which a threefold spring gushedforth, which was called after her the well andriver of Amymone. Her son by Poseidon wascalled Nauplius (Apollod. ii. 1; Hyg. Fab. 169;Paus. ii. 37; Strab. p. 368; Eur. Phoen. 188). Amynander (AyUiWeSpos), king of the Atha-manes in Epirus, an ally of the Romans in theirwar with Philip of Macedonia, about 1
. r, butwas rescued from his violence by Poseidon, whoappropriated her to himself, and then showedher the wells at Lema. According to anotheraccount he bade her draw his trident from therock, from which a threefold spring gushedforth, which was called after her the well andriver of Amymone. Her son by Poseidon wascalled Nauplius (Apollod. ii. 1; Hyg. Fab. 169;Paus. ii. 37; Strab. p. 368; Eur. Phoen. 188). Amynander (AyUiWeSpos), king of the Atha-manes in Epirus, an ally of the Romans in theirwar with Philip of Macedonia, about 198,but an ally of Antiochus 189 (Pol. xvi. 27,xxii. 8; Liv. xxvii. 30, xxxii. 14, xxxv. 47,xxxviii. 1). Amyntas CA/ivuras). 1. I. King of Mace-donia, reigned from about 540 to 500, andwas succeeded by his son Alexander I. Heacknowledged himself to Megabyzus a vassalof Persia. He was in alliance with the Peisis-tratids, and offered Hippias a refuge (Hdt. ; Thuc. ii. 100; Paus. ix. 40).—2. II. Kingof Macedonia, son of Philip, the brother of. Amyntas II., King of Macedonia, , head of king; rev., horse. Perdiccas II., at first, like his father, prince ofupper Macedonia (Thuc. ii. 95), obtained thethrone of Macedonia 393 by the murder ofthe usurper Pausanias. Soon after his acces-sion he was driven from Macedonia by the Illy-rians, but was restored to his kingdom by theThessalians. On his return he was engagedin war with the Olynthians, in which he wasassisted by the Spartans, and by their aidOlynthus was reduced in 379. Amyntas unitedhimself also with Jason of Pherae, and carefullycultivated the friendship of Athens. Amyntasdied 370, and left by his wife Eurydice threesons, Alexander, Perdiccas, and the famousPhilip (Diod. xiv. 89 f., xv. 19, 00; Xen. Hell. ).—3. Grandson of Amyntas II., was excludedby Philip from the succession on the death ofhis father Perdiccas III. in 360. He wasBut to deatli in the first year of the reig
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