Amphiaraus
heroἈμφιάραος
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.