Family Amphiaraus was the son of Oicles.Parada, s.v. Amphiaraus; Hyginus, Fabulae 70 & 73. Amphiaraus as the son of Oicles is attested as early as Homer, Odyssey 15.243, see also Bacchylides, 9.10–24; Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.13–17, 10.7–9, Olympian Ode 6.13–17, Pythian Ode 8.39–55; Apollodorus, 1.9.16, 3.6.2 -3. For genealogical tables showing Amphiaraus and other of the descendants of Melampus, see Hard, p. 706, Table 13, and Grimal, p. 525, Table I. This made Amphiaraus a great-grandson of Melampus, himself a legendary seer,The descendants of Melampus included many notable seers, the most notable, after Melampus and Amphiaraus, being the Corinthian seer Polyidus; for a discussion see Hard, pp. 429–430. and a member of one of the most powerful dynastic families in the Argolid.For a discussion of the dynastic history of the Argolid, see Hard, pp. 332–335. The mythographer Hyginus says that Amphiaraus's mother was Hypermnestra, the daughter of Thestius.Hyginus, Fabulae 70 She was the sister of Leda, the queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux).For Hypermnestra, see Hard, p. 413. Hyginus also reports that "some authors" said that Amphiaraus was the son of Apollo.Hyginus, Fabulae 70. As H. J. Rose, Oxford Classical Dictionary s.v. Amphiaraus, points out, a seer being said to have been the son of Apollo was not uncommon, see e.g. Aristaeus, Iamus, and Idmon.
Family Amphiaraus was the son of Oicles.Parada, s.v. Amphiaraus; Hyginus, Fabulae 70 & 73. Amphiaraus as the son of Oicles is attested as early as Homer, Odyssey 15.243, see also Bacchylides, 910–24; Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.13–17, 10.7–9, Olympian Ode 6.13–17, Pythian Ode 8.39–55; Apollodorus, 1.9.16, 3.6.2 -3. For genealogical tables showing Amphiaraus and other of the descendants of Melampus, see Hard, p. 706, Table 13, and Grimal, p. 525, Table I. This made Amphiaraus a great-grandson of Melampus, himself a legendary seer,The descendants of Melampus included many notable seers, the most notable, after Melampus and Amphiaraus, being the Corinthian seer Polyidus; for a discussion see Hard, pp. 429–430. and a member of one of the most powerful dynastic families in the Argolid.For a discussion of the dynastic history of the Argolid, see Hard, pp. 332–335. The mythographer Hyginus says that Amphiaraus's mother was Hypermnestra, the daughter of Thestius.Hyginus, Fabulae 70 She was the sister of Leda, the queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux).For Hypermnestra, see Hard, p. 413. Hyginus also reports that "some authors" said that Amphiaraus was the son of Apollo.Hyginus, Fabulae 70. As H. J. Rose, Oxford Classical Dictionary s.v. Amphiaraus, points out, a seer being said to have been the son of Apollo was not uncommon, see e.g. Aristaeus, Iamus, and Idmon.