Amphictyon was king of Thermopylae and married a daughter of Cranaus of Athens. He then deposed Cranaus, proclaiming himself king of Athens. He ruled Athens for ten years and founded the Amphictyonic League, which traditionally met at Thermopylae in historical times.
Amphictyon was deposed by Erichthonius, another autochthonous king of Athens.
Amphictyon is sometimes called son of Deucalion 1 and Pyrrha 1.
Amphictyon expelled Cranaus from the throne of Athens, became king of Attica and was in turn expelled by Erichthonius 2.
Amphictyon's Daughter, whose name is unknown, is also said to be, by a man called Rarus, the mother of Triptolemus, the young man who received from Demeter a chariot of winged Dragons and wheat with which, flying through the sky, sowed the inhabited earth, teaching the art of growing crops [Apd.1.7.2, 3.14.6; Pau.1.2.6, 1.14.3, 5.1.4].
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