Mopsus was the son of Ampycus. Hygin. Fab. c. cxxviii. By some he is said to have been the son of Apollo. Apollo and Ampycus were the same.
[766] Orphic. Argonaut. v. 720.
[767] Ibidem. v. 185.
[768] Justin. Martyr. Apolog. p. 54.
Amphilochus was the God of light and prophecy. Plutarch mentions εξ Αμφιλοχου μαντεια, in the treatise περι βραδεως τιμωρουμενων. p. 563.
[769] Cohortatio. p. 10.
[770] Lycophron. v. 1163.
[771] Pausanias. l. 10. p. 896.
[772] Hence the prophetic Sibyl in Virgil is styled Amphrysia vates. Virgil. Æn. l. 6. v. 368.
[773] Plin. l. 4. c. 12. Strabo. l. 10. Called Mallus, by Pausanias, Εν Μαλλῳ μαντειον αψευδεστατον. l. 1. p. 84.