AMYTHAON

a son of Cretheus and Tyro and brother of Aeson and Pheres. He dwelt at Pylos in Messenia, and by Idomene became the father of Bias, Melampus, and Aeolia.

According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to lolcus to intercede with Pelias on behalf of Jason. Pausanias mentions him among those to whom the restoration of the Olympian games was ascribed.