InGreek mythology,Amphimachus (/æmˈfɪməkəs/;Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίμαχος derived from ἀμφίamphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" and μάχηmache "battle") was the son ofNomion.

Amphimachus and his brotherNastes were captains of theCarian contingent on the side of the Trojans in theTrojan War. Either he or his brother were killed byAchilles;^[1] according to the commentary to the Iliad byThomas D. Seymour, his brother Nastes was the one killed and of whom the armour and golden ornaments were subsequently stripped off.^[2]

And Nastes again led the Carians, uncouth of speech, who held Miletus and the mountain of Phthires, dense with its leafage, and the streams of Maeander, and the steep crests of Mycale. These were led by captains twain, Amphimachus and Nastes—Nastes and Amphimachus, the glorious children of Nomion. And he came to the war all decked with gold, like a girl, fool that he was; but his gold in no wise availed to ward off woeful destruction; nay, he was slain in the river beneath the hands of the son of Aeacus, swift of foot; and Achilles, wise of heart, bare off the gold.^[3]

• Homer,The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN 978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN 978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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