person
Amphion
The Theban who built the city's walls by moving stones with his lyre, taught by Mercury.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §391-407 Amphion
Legendary musician who raised the walls of Thebes by the music of his lyre, moving the very stones.
- The Odes §3.11 Amphion
Mercury's pupil who moved Thebes's stones by song.
- The Epistles §1.18 Amphion
The Theban who built the city's walls by moving stones with his lyre, taught by Mercury.