Amythāon

, a son of Cretheus king of Iolchos, by Tyro. He married Idomene, by whom he had Bias and Melampus. After his father’s death, he established himself in Me enia with his brother Neleus, and re-established or regulated the Olympic games. Melampus is called A myth a on i us , from his father A myth a on. Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 550 .— Diodorus , bk. 4 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 .— Homer , Ody ey , bk. 11 .――A son of Hippasus, who a isted Priam in the Trojan war, and was killed by Lycomedes. Homer , Iliad , bk. 17 .