Ambrax

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Ambracia in ancient Epirus.

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

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  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.50.4

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