Ampyx

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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 (alt. "Ampykos").

  • Ampyx is an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece (7. 18. 5).


In paleontology, Ampyx is a genus of asaphid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician.

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