Zeus seduced Antiope in the form of a satyr, fathering the twins Amphion and Zethus, who later built the walls of Thebes — Amphion's lyre moving stones into place.
Dirce kept Antiope as a slave and tormented her for years. When Antiope escaped and her sons discovered the truth, they avenged her by tying Dirce to a wild bull.
Amphion was Antiope's son by Zeus. Though separated at birth, he later recognized his mother when she fled to the shepherds who had raised him, and he avenged her suffering.
Dionysus drove Antiope mad after she participated in killing Dirce, who had been a devotee of the god. Antiope wandered Greece in her madness until cured by Phocus of Phocis.
Epopeus, king of Sicyon, gave Antiope refuge when she fled Thebes after Zeus's seduction. Her uncle Lycus attacked Sicyon to retrieve her, and Epopeus died defending her.
Hermes carried the newborn twins Amphion and Zethus from Antiope to the shepherds on Mount Cithaeron, ensuring their survival after their mother was captured.
Antiope gave birth to her twin sons Amphion and Zethus on Mount Cithaeron after fleeing Thebes. The mountain's shepherds raised the abandoned infants.
Antiope was a princess of Thebes who fled after Zeus's seduction. Her sons Amphion and Zethus later became rulers of Thebes and built its famous walls.
Zethus was Antiope's son by Zeus, twin to Amphion. Raised by shepherds on Mount Cithaeron, he became a herdsman and hunter, and later helped avenge his mother against Dirce.
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