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Amphiaraus

hero
Ἀμφιάραος
Seer-warrior swallowed by earth

Amphiaraus was a warrior-prophet who foresaw his death in the Seven Against Thebes but marched anyway, bound by his wife's betrayal.

The Myth

His wife Eriphyle, bribed with Harmonia's necklace, revealed his hiding place. As he fled the battlefield, Zeus split the earth and swallowed him alive — chariot and all. He became an oracular hero at Oropos.

Parents

Oicles and Hypermnestra

Children

Alcmaeon, Amphilochus

Symbols

chariotseer's staffopen earth

Fun Fact

His oracle at Oropos operated by incubation — suppliants slept in the temple and received healing visions.