Ambrax

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File:Map of ancient Epirus and environs (English).svg
Ambracia in ancient Epirus.

Ambrax (/ˈæmbræks/; Ancient Greek: Άμβραξ) was a Greek mythological king of the city of Ambracia located in the region of Epirus in ancient Greece. He was king when the exiled Aeneas came to his city. He was the son of Dexamenus that was in turn son of Hercules.[1]

  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.50.4

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