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ampyx
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ampyxnoun
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair in Ancient Greece.
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Ampyxnoun
a woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair
Etymology: [Gr. .]
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Ampyx
Ampyx has several meanings; in hair care, an ampyx is a headband, often made of metal. In Greek mythology, there were a number of figures with the name Ampyx, Amycus or Ampycus. ⁕Ampyx or Ampycus was a seer, the son of Elatus the Lapith chieftain. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris. Appears in Orpheus's, Argonautica, Pausanias's Description of Greece, Hyginus's Fabulae. ⁕Ampyx or Ampycus was an Ethiopian priest of Demeter. He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus, just before Phineus was turned to stone. ⁕Ampyx or Amycus, son of Ophion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses. ⁕Ampyx is an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece. In paleontology, Ampyx is a genus of asaphid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ampyx in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ampyx in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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