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| CATEGORIES ABOUT NYCTEUS | |
| greek mythology | |
| theban kings | |
| mythological kings | |
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Amphion became a great singer and musician after Hermes taught him to play and gave him a golden lyre, Zethus a hunter and herdsman. They punished King Lycus and Queen Dirce for cruel treatment of Antiope, their mother, who was treated as a slave. Dirce was tied to the horns of a bull as revenge. They built and fortified Thebes , huge blocks of stone forming themselves into walls at the sound of Amphion's lyre. Amphion married Niobe , and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children. Zethus married Aedon , or sometimes Thebe . The brothers were buried in one grave. |
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