proper nounĂmȳthāōnAMYTHAON☆ KeepMeaninga GreekLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879AMYTHAONLEWIS & SHORTAMYTHAONĂmȳthāōn (also Ămĭth-), ŏnis, m., = Ἀμυθάων, I. a Greek, the father of Melampus, Ov. M. 15, 325.—Hence, ămўthāŏ-nĭus, a, um, of Amythaon, Verg. G. 3, 550; Prop. 2, 4, 10.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyAmythaonAmythaon (Ἀμυθάων), a son of Cretheus and Tyro (Hom. Od. 11.235, &c.), and brother of Aeson and Pheres. (Hom. Od. 11.259.) He dwelt at Pylos in Messen…