Amphī̆tryo (-ŭo) or ōn, ōnis, m., = Ἀμφιτρύων.
- I. Son of Alceus and Hipponome, king of Thebes, and husband of Alcmene, Ov. M. 6, 112.
Hence, Amphī̆try-ōnĭădēs, ae, patr. m., a male descendant of Amphitryo, i. e. Hercules, Cat. 68, 112; Ov. M. 9, 140; 15, 49; Verg. A. 8, 214.
- II. The name of a comedy of Plautus.