Amphidamas (king of Chalcis)

Amphidamas[(/æmˈfɪdəməs/] (Greek: Ἀμφιδάμας) was the name of a historical king of Chalcis, who died about 730 BC after the Lelantine War; whose burial ceremony is associated with the poetic agon is mentioned by Hesiod.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hesiod. Works and Days, 654.


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